Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Alberta-listed Gitennes Exploration is planning a winter drill program for both its wholly owned Fishhook property and the Toy (GBK) play, on which it has a 50% earn-in option. The program will consis…

Gerard Munera appointed chairman of the board; Carmen Fimiani appointed president; Alvin Einbender appointed chairman of the executive committee.

David Graham appointed director and vice-president of exploration.

Leendert Krol elected vice-president of exploration.

Jean-Pierre Lachance appointed vice-president of international development.

Deep exploration and definition drilling have led to a substantial increase in minable reserves at the Sleeping Giant gold mine, 80 km from Amos, Que. That’s good news for Cambior (TSE), which spent $…

Peter Jones appointed president and chief executive officer.

A selloff on major eastern markets, coupled with gold’s failure to move through the US$400-per-oz. level, provided little incentive for buyers on western markets. Both the Vancouver Stock Exchange res…

In French Guiana, Golden Star Resources (TSE) and Cambior (TSE) are evaluating their jointly held Yaou gold project. The partners acquired the 150-sq.-km concession three months ago from BHP and Burea…

A hesitant gold price gave pause to the market during the week ended Oct. 4 and was a definite factor in the Toronto Stock Exchange composite 300 index tumbling more than 98 points, to 4274.26, during…

New York-listed Asarco plans to develop a high-grade copper mine below its Mission open pit complex in Sahuarita, Ariz. About US$10 million will be spent developing the underground mine, which hosts a…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date Oct 4 Oct 3 Sept 30 Sept 29 Sept 28 Copper 2507-2508 2471.5-2472.5 2476.5-2477.5 2518-2519 2558.5-2559.5 Lead 628-629 622.5-623.5 620-62…