Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The president of the Montreal Exchange has called for a far-reaching restructuring of the Canadian capital market.Although the Canadian financial services industry has gone through a substantial restr…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US91.25-92.25 cents per lb. (April 7, 1995).ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.20-2.30 per lb. (March 31, 1995).BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.65-3.75 per lb. (April 7, 1995)…

At the Botanamo property in southeastern Venezuela, Bard Silver & Gold (VSE) has completed a preliminary 6-hole drill program designed to test the Nuevo Callao structure.The drilling was carried out o…

TSE-listed Metall Mining has increased exploration spending by about one-third, to $20.1 million, as it continues to focus on North and Latin America and Europe.At the Gataga project, north of McKenzi…

First-quarter results reveal that senior gold producer Barrick Gold (TSE) enjoyed greater earnings, revenue and cash flow, compared with the same period in 1994.Net income rose 18% to US$71.1 million …

Australia-based Star Mining is hoping to strike it rich in the Irkutsk area of Siberia where gold mining has been a way of life for 148 years.Star has a 34.9% interest in a Russian company, LenaGold (…

Encouraging results were obtained from drilling at the Willett copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold property in New Brunswick, Freewest Resources (TSE) reports.The wholly owned property is 6 miles southwest o…

Junior gold miner Northfield Minerals (TSE) has signed a letter of intent to acquire an 80% interest in Pangold S.A., a privately owned Panamanian gold company. The interest will be acquired in exchan…

By spending more than $500,000 on exploration work at Hawkins Hill at the Hill End gold property in New South Wales, Australia, Nugget Resources (ASE) has earned a 45% interest in the project.A drilli…

After weeks of speculation, a senior mining company has finally emerged and made a bid to acquire a piece of Canada’s hottest new base metal discovery.Mining conglomerate Teck (TSE) will purchase 3 mi…

It was yet another sign that North America’s mining industry is growing in scope when 1,200 explorationists from around the world converged on this gambling centre to attend a geological symposium.The…

Just when you thought you had heard it all, along comes another takeover bid in the always interesting mergers and acquisitions game.The latest activity on this front is in the auto industry, with con…