Quebec unveils mining initiatives
With low metal prices putting a damper on exploration in the Abitibi greenstone belt, the Quebec government and the private sector are each taking steps to encourage mineral exploration in the provinc…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
MINERAL EXPLORATION — CASE STUDIES — Porphyry Mountain discovery a solid technical success
In industry jargon, they are “technical successes” — remarkable discoveries accomplished under challenging conditions and which, at first glance, appear to have fallen short of the economic threshold…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Beware of clumsy rules
Nobody can disagree with the need to regulate the behavior of companies in our industry, but we must be on our guard against the rules getting out of hand. I suspect this is happening when the [Ontari…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (September 28, 1998)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Sept.22/98 (change from Sept. 15 in brackets):MetalStocks(tonnes)Change…
SPOT PRICES (September 28, 1998)
Wednesday September 23, 1998Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$288.00- $1.15Silver*$ 4.8…
Golden Phoenix starts program
In an attempt to increase resources, Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-O) has begun a 20-hole drill program at its High Grade gold project in northeastern California.The property contains a volcanic-hoste…
Careers (September 28, 1998)
The waiting is over, the speculation mute. Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand have become PricewaterhouseCoopers; a remarkable new organization that has been helping business do business for more …
Alta pours gold at Olinghouse
Alta Gold (ALTA-Q) has begun producing the yellow metal at the Olinghouse mine near Reno, Nev.The operation employs a gravity circuit, which produces concentrates that are melted into dore before bein…
Industry injections support MDRU program
Rio Algom and the Vancouver Stock Exchange recently madesizable contributions to the endowment fund of the University of British Columbia’s Mineral Deposits Research Unit (MDRU), though neither organi…
Partners proceed with Antamina development
As expected, Rio Algom (ROM-T), Noranda (NOR-T) and Teck (TEK-T) have affirmed that they will develop the US$2.2-billion Antamina copper-zinc project in Peru.In early September, the partners were aske…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS – INSIDER TRADING — TVX execs let options lapse
Two executives of TVX Gold (TVX-T) have allowed several of their options in that company to expire.Eike Batista, director, let expire 2 million call options at $4.75 and was granted an equivalent numb…
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