Drilling begins at Doyle Lake
Five target areas in Blob Lake, at the Doyle Lake diamond project in the Northwest Territories, have been selected for drilling.Doyle Lake is a 60-40 joint venture between Gerle Gold (GGL-V) and Monop…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
TSE INDICES (April 26, 1999)
1999Apr. 20Apr. 19Apr. 16Apr. 15Apr. 14HighLowCom…
TSE SHORTS (April 26, 1999)
Short positions outstanding at April 15, 1999Larger individual positions include:Abitibi-Consolidated 399,719, down 557,059; Alcan Aluminium 764,997, down 80,907; American Gem 849,827; Barrick Gold 5,…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, April 14-20, 1999
ExchgVal($000s)HighLowCloseChangeInco LtdT359725…
LATIN AMERICA — More juniors, seniors flock to Argentina
With dreams of huge deposits dancing in their heads, more and more junior and senior companies are heading toward Argentina in search of gold and base metals.Orko Gold (ok-v) recently began a 1,500-me…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Industry must evolve to include stakeholders in developing nations
We read with great interest the article “Social problems in developing countries pose challenge” (T.N.M., March 22-29/98).Since Etruscan began exploration in Niger, West Africa, in 1994, we have been …
Meetings (April 26, 1999)
April 26 Augusta April 26 Denison April 26 Haddington April 26 Tathacus April 27 Abitibi-Cons. April 27 Argentina Gold April 27 Koda April 27 Match Capital April 27 Rainy Mountain April 28 AntamApril …
SPOT PRICES (April 26, 1999)
Precious MetalsPrice (US)ChangeGold$283.90+$0.05Silver$ 5.12+$0.18…
Plata plans to buy Bunker Hill
A junior company established in Argentina and listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange plans to reopen the Bunker Hill polymetallic mine in northern Idaho.Plata Mining (PMT-A) hopes to raise as much as $7…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Canadian policy irks investor
I have been an investor in mining for 25 years and have bought many stocks on the Vancouver Stock Exchange. We now have a situation wherein most of these small companies are at the edge of a precipice…
Manhattan bullish on Peru’s Tambo Grande project
Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) is awaiting final government approvals for the Tambo Grande volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit in northern Peru and hopes to begin a 50,000-metre drill program by May 1.T…
INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Cumberland Resources viewed as upcoming producer or takeover target
Russ Cranswick of Research Capital has once again given the thumb’s-up to Cumberland Resources (CBD-T), a junior company with several promising gold projects in the newly created territory of Nunavut….