Articles by Northern Miner Staff

It doesn’t take more than a flip through the pages of Kirkland Lake history to realize what a venerable position the Lake Shore mine held in that famous gold camp. One of the largest and richest mines…

A minority shareholder was unsuccessful in a bid to have a seventh director named to the board of Citadel Gold Mines at the company’s annual meeting in Toronto. “We, as minority shareholders, are bein…

Toronto-listed International Platinum Corp. has signed a letter of intent with Degussa A.G. to enter into further negotiations on a joint venture exploration agreement regarding several of the former’…

Know what the price of gold will be in a year or 18 months’ time? You don’t have a clue? Well, Martin Murenbeeld thinks he does. Mr Murenbeeld is president of M. Murenbeeld & Associates Inc., a Toront…

Chronically under-financed, Wharf Resources has struggled to maintain production at its Annie Creek gold mine near Lead, S.D. But the company appears to have turned the corner and with record precious…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 62.50 cents -64.00 cents per lb. (Mar 5, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.08-$1.14 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $2.50-$2.70 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987). CADM…

An option to earn a 50% interest in the Bapst Twp. property owned by Fairfax Bay Resources in the Casa Berardi gold area in northwestern Quebec has been obtained by Yorbeau Resources. Yorbeau Presiden…

With a healthy funding package in place, activity is continuing at a brisk pace with seven drills in operation at the Aldermac and Lac Dufault prospects held in joint venture with Toronto-listed Nuins…

Underground exploration work on a section of the Lamaque gold property near Val d’Or, Que., has encountered visible gold in drift faces. Teck Exploration, which is performing the work funded by Tundra…

Week’s High Low Close Change PLATINUM (in US$ per oz.) March — — 523.40 + 4.70 April 525.50 518.40 524.40 + 4.50 July 531.0…

Well into the third month of the new year and still the pace of trading has not slackened. If anything it’s becoming even more hair- raising with records being shattered right left and centre. The com…

Tournigan Mining Explorations plans to raise net proceeds of $500,000 from a private placement which the company says will be added to its general working capital. As the company’s agent, Deacon, Morg…