Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Hari Varshney appointed president; Harvey Gould and Raj Chowdhry appointed directors.

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) again claimed victory in national elections this month in Mexico. PRI candidate Ernesto Zedillo was estimated to have captured about 48% of the vote. He wil…

Junior Transpacific Resources (TSE) has optioned 61 claims comprising 2,370 acres in the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake area of northeastern Ontario. The property is known to host seven gold zones, one of …

BGR Central Net Value $17.10 $6.66 Price $15.63 $7.125 Premium 7.0% Discount 8.65% Value $138,967,000 $128,957,513…

Senior gold producer American Barrick Resources (TSE) will finance US$2.5 million of exploration at the Escala project in southern Bolivia. Australian junior Austpac Gold owns the property, where, ove…

An international consortium of steel companies has begun work on designing the lightest possible steel-bodied passenger car to help automakers reduce the weight of their vehicles in an affordable way….

Indian gold jewellers are trying to adapt to changing trends which have turned jewelry from a traditional middle-class hedge against inflation into a fashion accessory. They are getting help from the …

Chinese imports of copper in all forms could rise by 75% to almost 1 million tonnes of contained copper by 2005, according to a study from CRU International of London, England. In its 2-volume China a…

Western world refined copper consumption rose 2% to 10.2 million tons in 1993, the eighth consecutive year of record consumption. In the past three years, we have come through a major Western World re…

It is hard to imagine, particularly after the Meech Lake fiasco, why any government would negotiate agreements of major public interest behind closed doors. But concern is growing in British Columbia …

An exploration program by Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) will test the overall potential of a land package encompassing the past-producing Liberty Bell gold mine, 80 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska. Historic…

Robert Hunter appointed director and chairman; Ronald Thiessen and Jeffrey Mason appointed directors.