Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $388.80 – $0.20 Silver* $5.31 – $0.05 Platinum* $420.70 + $3.55 Nickel** $3.26 + $0.19 Lead** $0.30 + $0.01 Copper $1.20 + $0.06 Zinc $0.50 + $0.02 Courtesy of Scotiaban…

BGR Central Net Value $18.52 $6.81 Price $14.38 $7.00 Premium 2.8% Discount 22.39% Value $150,490,000 $126,695,100…

Montreal-based Cambior (ME) will enter a joint venture with Aurizon Mines (VSE) concerning the latter’s La Reyna copper-gold property in Mexico’s Sinaloa state. Situated 30 km east of the port city of…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US80.5 cents-82.00 per lb. (Oct. 13, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.80-2.90 per lb. (Sept. 29, 1994). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.90-4.30 per lb. (Sept. 29, 199…

Following a summer drill program, Canmine Resources (ASE) has calculated a reserve figure for the Island zone on its Fer polymetallic property near Flin Flon, Man. Based on an area of influence of 50 …

A first phase of drilling is under way at the T’Boli gold prospect on the Philippine island of Mindanao. Chase Resource (TSE) has a 40% interest in the company that owns the project, and holds an opti…

By acquiring the 2,800-hectare Baramita gold property, Canarc Resource (VSE) can increase substantially its holdings in the Guyana Shield. To do so, it must spend $700,000 exploring the property, situ…

Six senior officers of Golden Star Resources (TSE) were granted options in September. According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, senior officer Carlos Bertoni was granted 25,000 op…

Toronto-listed Jordex Resources has augmented its South American holdings by acquiring, through a wholly owned subsidiary, two concessions in the central Brazilian Shield. The Pontes E Lacerda concess…

Development of the Mariquita copper deposit in northwestern Mexico would see an open-pit, heap-leach, solvent extraction-electrowinning operation, producing about 15,000 tonnes per year of high-purity…

The Tizapa polymetallic project southwest of Mexico City underwent test operations this summer in preparation for commercial production. Owned 54% by Industrias Penoles, 39% by Dowa Mining and 10% by …

The current era has been characterized by the emergence of new nations with a specific set of needs and urgent demands, summarized in the recent call for a new international economic order. One of the…