Articles by Northern Miner Staff

After rising for several months, The Bank of Nova Scotia’s commodity price index declined by 1.1% in March. A substantial drop in agricultural prices and a smaller decline in forestry products and oil…

Western markets took it on the chin over the week ended May 10, despite a rebound in gold to US$380 per oz. The Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index lost more than 30 points to close at 1,044.91, w…

San Francisco-based Homestake Mining (NYSE) is planning exploration and drilling for several newly acquired gold properties 25 km northwest of Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 district. Through a bidding proc…

Fifteen diamond drill holes, both vertical and inclined, have been completed at the Cross kimberlite target area in the Northwest Territories and three additional holes have been drilled in the southe…

— 1994 — May 10 May 9 May 6 May 5 May 4 High Low Composite”300″ 4189.92 4179.13 4254.06 4259.81 4269.17 4609.93 3518.31 Metals&Minerals 3472.69 3443.65 3541.02 3520.38 3521.21 3879.59 3273.56 Integr…

The Cerro Mayal placer gold project in west-central Argentina has entered production. The processing of gold-bearing gravel began May 4 after a couple of months of plant commissioning and technical ad…

Canada could become the world’s newest diamond producer in early 1997 — assuming positive results are reported in a feasibility study on properties held by BHP Minerals and Dia Met Minerals (TSE) in …

Granville Taylor appointed director.

Gregory Law appointed president and director; Irene Kally Tseng appointed chief executive officer and director.

Shares of Toronto-listed International Platinum Corp. (IPC) appear to have regained their investor appeal. For the week ended May 10, nearly 5.1 million IPC shares traded hands, with the stock moving …

Ted Fostey appointed director.

Vincent Hamilton appointed president and director; Leroy Wolbaum and Frank Elliot appointed directors.