Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Royal Gold adds to Pipeline holdings

Adding to its interest at the Pipeline mining complex in central Nevada, Royal Gold (RGL-T) has purchased two small royalties for a total of US$8.1 million.The Denver-based company bought a sliding-sc…


Crew plans merger with Mindex, Botswana

Three companies — Crew Development (CRU-T), Botswana Diamondfields (BWD-V) and Norwegian-based Mindex — plan to establish an internationally listed, multi-commodity mining group.The merged entity wo…


Manhattan enhances gold discovery

Since beginning an aggressive drilling program just three months ago, Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) has made some significant strides at its 75%-optioned Tambo Grande project in northwestern Peru.Manhatt…



Anglogold, Iamgold explore in Ecuador

Anglogold (AU-N) has signed a joint-venture agreement with Iamgold (IMG-T) to explore for gold in southern Ecuador.The agreement covers a 300-by-100-km area in which Iamgold has applied for 110 conces…




LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Junk dealers

You referred to the US$427-million issue of Anaconda Nickel in 1997 as being the first junk bond issue in U.S. capital markets for a large-scale mining project (“Anglo American buys into Aussie nickel…


Pentland tests Montclerg

An 8-hole drilling program on the Pipestone Lake fault, northeast of Timmins, has returned results that operator Pentland Firth Ventures (PFO-T) describes as “encouraging.”The drill program, mounted o…


PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (September 13, 1999)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,210/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$4.05/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.20/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$18.60-20.50/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.8265/lb.Indium: Indi…


LME WHSE LEVELS (September 13, 1999)

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 7/99 (change from Aug. 31 in brackets):MetalStocks(tonnes)Change…


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