Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Construction of the Zaldivar copper deposit in northern Chile is expected to be completed in the second half of 1995. Partners Placer Dome (TSE) and Outokumpu Copper Resources project the capital cost…

The lure of large-tonnage, bulk-minable gold and porphyry copper deposits has a large number of Canadian juniors seeking opportunities in Chile. Lacking the financial resources of their major-sized co…

Toronto-listed CaribGold Resources has drilled nine holes on the Descanso-Melonera project in west-central Cuba. Three holes were drilled at Descanso, four at Melonera and two at Oropesa, a new area w…

Toronto-listed Teck will drill a minimum 8-hole, 3,000-ft. program at the Salkeld Lake property of Fortune Minerals (CDN). The major can earn a 60% interest in the 1,033-acre property, northeast of Pi…

Junior Claimstaker Resources (VSE) is planning a diamond drill program for the Blackdome gold mine, a former producer near Clinton, B.C. The company has agreed to acquire the mine, together with a 200…

Most people support environmental protection and enhancement programs, but they also want jobs and financial security. Echo Bay Mines is one of the job makers in Canada and the U.S. We’re not big, but…

Metal prices continue to show increasing volatility as it becomes more and more evident that supply-demand factors are no longer the primary motivation for price changes. In some cases, prices are ign…

The Beartrack gold project in Idaho is now wholly owned by FMC Gold, an 80%-held subsidiary of FMC Corp. (NYSE). FMC acquired 71% of the project as part of its 1990 acquisition of Meridian Gold. In la…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US64-65 cents per lb. (May 19, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$1.40-1.60 per lb. (May 12, 1994). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.65 per lb. (Sept. 23, 1993). CADM…

A shallow hole on World Wide Minerals’ (TSE) Easter project, 110 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nev., has intersected a wide zone of gold mineralization. Hole E94-8 cut a 90-ft. interval averaging 0.19…

Three factors — rising interest rates, a falling Canadian dollar and continuing uncertainty over the prospect of Quebec separating from the rest of the country — all combined to give western players…

A drill hole at the Huckleberry property near Kemano, B.C., has returned a 787-ft. intersection, from 113 ft. to 900 ft., averaging 0.83% copper. Owner New Canamin Resources (VSE) reports that the hol…