Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A director of exploration with Inco Exploration and Technical Services, John Allan Sauerbrei, died recently of cancer in Sudbury, Ont. He was 55. The Queen’s University graduate (with a B.Sc. and M.Sc…

Tan Range Exploration (ASE) says diamond-washing equipment is on its way to Tanzania in preparation for grade evaluation of the company’s concessions in the northern part of the country. The Vancouver…

Investors of Asbestos Corp had reason to rejoice during the week ended June 1 as the stock skyrocketed to $48 for a gain of $24.50. The battle by Asbestos Corp’s minority shareholders to win a fair he…

Although gold pulled back from the US$380 level, dropping almost US$10 in a single day to the US$370 level, Western markets continued their advance. The Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index gained …

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $368.25 $9.00 Silver* $ 4.37 $0.19 Platinum* $389.25 $0.85 Nickel** $ 2.55 $0.02 Lead** $ 0.18 $0.00 Copper $ 0.82 $0.01 Zinc $ 0.42 $0.02 Courtesy of Scotiabank. Inform…

Major mining companies may dominate Nevada, but juniors are spearheading an exploration boom on properties surrounding the Pipeline gold discoveries in Crescent Valley. The Pipeline deposits are on th…

Results are beginning to trickle in from a 73-hole reverse circulation drill program on ground held by Sudbury Contact Mines (TSE) in the Kirkland Lake diamond camp, says exploration geologist Peter H…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US52.00-53.00 cents per lb. (May 27, 1993). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US78-82 cents per lb. (Mar. 26, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.50-2.70 per lb. (Mar. 26, 1993…

Reverse circulation drilling has started on Western International Explorations’ (CDN) Stray Elephant copper property in Arizona. The 8,000-ft., 30-hole program, which is testing for extensions of know…

A copper deposit in Saudi Arabia will be the focus of a prefeasibility study by Even Resources (VSE). The junior selected the project for detailed review after evaluating various mineral projects in t…

A drill hole by Westminer Canada on Greater Lenora Resources’ (TSE) Lac Anctil gold property near Chibougamau, Que., has intersected two shear zones with anomalous gold values. Hole LA-93-4 contained …

Drilling on the Casino property in the southern Yukon is continuing. Vancouver-listed Pacific Sentinel Gold has four rigs operating as part of a $7.2-million program to delineate a large porphyry copp…