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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Faulty software raises red flags for miners — Engineers should be involved in design process
I must commend Brian Hester for highlighting problems he has encountered using packaged software in geophysics (“Software can affect geostats,” T.N.M., Dec. 7-13/98).As a member of the Council of Prof…
LME WHSE LEVELS (December 21, 1998)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Dec. 15/98 (change from Dec. 8 in brackets):MetalStocks(tonnes)Change…
SPOT PRICES (December 21, 1998)
Wednesday December 16, 1998Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$292.55-$0.95Silver*$ 4.94…
Due process must run its course in US
I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican, but an independent voter. Both parties have considerable problems, and I will agree with you on one point — that the Republicans currently lack effective lea…
Orvana extends option on Butte Highlands
In an agreement with the property owners, Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) has extended by four years its purchase option on the Butte Highlands gold project in Montana.The company can acquire the title to the…
AG extends mineralization at Veladero
Hot junior Argentina Gold (ARP-V) has unveiled still more encouraging drill results from its Veladero property in northwestern Argentina,Ownership of the Veladero lease, which comprises 13,000 ha in t…
BHP gains option to develop Tenke Fungurume
BHP Copper, a subsidiary of Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP-N), has negotiated an option to acquire a major stake in Tenke Mining’s (TNK-T) enormous Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt project in the Democrati…
More mineralization for Cross Lake at Sheraton
Drilling by Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-V) at the Sheraton Twp. property, 40 km east of Timmins, Ont., has intersected more base metal mineralization along an exhalative horizon south of the Destor-Porcu…
DIAMOND PAGE — Lytton, New Indigo consider merger
Lytton Minerals (LTL-T) and New Indigo Resources (NDR-A) have resumed discussions regarding a possible amalgamation.The companies are 50-50 partners in the 684,000-acre Jericho project in the Northwes…
Orezone hits high-grade gold
Trenching by Orezone Resources (ORZ-M) has revealed a high-grade gold zone at the Intidougou property in Burkina Faso.Eight channel samples from a continuous zone of highly silicified, brecciated bed…
LME WHSE LEVELS (December 14, 1998)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Dec. 7/98 (change from Dec. 1 in brackets):MetalStocks (tonnes)Change…