Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Positive first-quarter results reflect mainly higher metals prices and increased deliveries of nickel, copper and precious metals, together with significantly improved results in the alloys and engine…

Alberta-listed Nebex Resources has outlined a zone of high-grade massive sulphide mineralization at its Canoe Landing Lake property near Bathurst, N.B.The indicated reserve, based on results from a 13…

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…