Articles by Northern Miner Staff

H. Jarvis and Paul Guilbault re-elected directors.

D. Hillhouse appointed chairman and Leigh Freeman appointed president.

Retail sales of diamond jewelry continued to improve in 1994. But despite this upward trend, De Beers Consolidated Mines reported earnings of US$555 million for the year, representing a 7% decrease fr…

Kirkton Resources has changed its name to Constellation Capital Enterprises on a 1-new-for-10-old-share basis.

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $381.40 – $5.20 Silver* $4.58 – $0.15 Platinum* $412.25 – $10.50 Nickel** $3.36 – $0.05 Lead** $0.27 + $0.01 Copper $1.34 + $0.02 Zinc $0.47 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scotiaba…

BGR Central Net Value $16.22 $6.59 Price $14.00 $7.0 Discount 13.68% Premium 6.2% Value $126,905,000 $126,695,100…

A bond selloff late in the week held the Toronto Stock Exchange to a modest gain during the 5-day report period ended March 21. The composite 300 index rose 55.65 points to close at 4,246.19. The sell…

— 1995 — Mar 21 Mar 20 Mar 17 Mar 16 Mar 15 High Low Composite”300″ 4246.19 4249.78 4228.00 4225.62 4218.84 4257.81 3983.34 Metals&Minerals 3955.58 3954.34 3951.72 3951.56 3926.66 4337.89 3273.56 In…

More than six years ago, junior company Bema Gold (TSE) headed off to Chile to take on a gold project which would enable it to make the transition from a small, 20,000-oz.-per-year producer to one tha…

In 1979, Nicaragua’s triumphant Sandinista revolutionary government nationalized all foreign mining operations in the country. Once again, foreign mining interests had been swept away by the turbulenc…

Long known for its vast reserves of nickel laterite ore, Cuba is now undergoing an exploration boom for precious and base metals. Although several multinational firms are involved in the hunt (includi…

Aside from selective hot spots, western markets continued to track sideways during our report period ended March 21, while gold slipped US$4 to the US$382-per-oz. level. The Vancouver Stock Exchange r…