Articles by Northern Miner Staff



STOCK MARKET — Base metals rise as golds struggle

With the exception of the gold stocks, the Toronto Stock Exchange advanced over the report period Oct. 23-29 with most sectors showing strength. The TSE 300 composite index finished the period 32.09 p…


ODDS’N’SODS — The nose knows

In the summer of 1961, a mining company hired me, a summer geology student, to assist Bill Mundle in mapping a property that had recently been optioned from a local prospector and his partners.The pro…



LME Warehouse Levels (November 04, 1996)

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Oct.28/96 (change from previous week in brackets):Copper132,350 (-27,000)Tin10,075(+60)Lead117,100(+550)Zinc544,375(-2,725)…


Production levels rise for gold, most base metals

Canadian production of gold, nickel, refined copper and lead in August 1996 rose above levels recorded in the same period last year, whereas output of silver, primary copper and iron were down.Product…




Bre-X cements “strategic alliance”

As two Indonesian companies and their Australian backer dispute the title to its Busang gold deposit, Bre-X Minerals (BXM-T) has moved to cement a relationship with a powerful friend.Bre-X and spinoff…


Bema, Arizona Star drill Cerro Casale project

The latest deep drilling results from the Cerro Casale project at the Aldebaran property in northern Chile continue to confirm the grade and continuity of the main sulphide gold-copper porphyry body l…



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