Articles by Northern Miner Staff

South African President Nelson Mandela’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has called for state ownership to replace private control of the country’s mineral rights. South Africa is currently the…

A sagging gold price helped drag the TSE lower over the 5-day report period ended Dec. 6. The composite 300 index dropped 24.28 points to close at 4,079.44. The gold and precious metals sub-group lost…

The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite and resource indexes continued their downslide for the report period ended Dec.6. The former fell 17.64 points to close at 737.84, while the latter finished at 1…

BGR Central Net Value $17.07 $6.50 Price $13.63 6.50 Discount 20.19% Premium 1.7% Value $136,557,000 $117,645,450…

An exploration program is planned for the Fortuna de Cobre copper project in Chile, Gibraltar Mines (TSE) reports. Gibraltar’s wholly owned subsidiary, Compania Minera Gibraltar, has signed a letter o…

Diamond drilling continues to evaluate the Gaby gold porphyry deposit near Guayaquil, Ecuador. Ecuadorian Minerals (TSE) can earn a 35% interest in any oxide deposit identified in the Muyuyacu concess…

Plans are in the works for World Diamond Conference 1995, to take place March 17-18 in Perth, Australia. The conference will be linked with Western Australia’s Mining Week that month, and will commenc…

Toronto-listed Teck is acquiring a half interest in a privately owned British Columbian company with a gold mine in Mexico. The major is acquiring 1.5 million shares of Miral Gold for a purchase price…

Toronto-listed Placer Dome can earn up to a 60% interest in Breakwater Resources’ (TSE) East Amphi gold project near Malartic, Que. Breakwater has defined a drill-indicated mineral inventory of 866,18…

More than 30 million passenger cars were produced in North America, Japan and Western Europe in 1993, and more than 360 million cars were in use. The automobile industry is a large-scale consumer of a…

Metal refiner Sherritt (TSE) and Cuban state-owned General Nickel Co. have entered into a 50-50 joint venture to mine, refine and market cobalt and nickel. Cuba has granted the joint venture mining co…

Ed and his burro, Millie, got along pretty well. Ed knew when Millie was tired and wanted water. Millie knew when Ed was discouraged and needed to be nuzzled a little. Together they traveled the west,…