Articles by Northern Miner Staff

May I compliment your newspaper on its reporting of Canadian mining activities in Mexico. I often learn about these initiatives through an article in The Northern Miner before I hear from the companie…

Regarding Eva Schandl’s letter “New light on Sudbury-type rocks” (T.N.M., Aug. 3/92), I like the idea of calling upon “. . . the presence of mineralized source rocks at depth.” In the Nelson, B.C., ar…

An initial exploration program including prospecting, mapping, geochemical sampling and geophysical surveying was commenced recently at the ATT claims owned by Claimstaker Resources (VSE) and under op…

An increase in copper and zinc prices as well a jump in metal production helped Granges (TSE) report a profit of $1.9 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 1992. Revenues jumped to $17.6 milli…

A control block of stock owned by Trans-Dominion Energy Corp. of Calgary has been acquired by John Larche of Timmins, Moneta Porcupine (TSE) announced. Martin Hall and Thomas Vukovich resigned from th…

Gold stocks added some volatility to an otherwise sluggish Toronto market during the week ended Aug. 18. Gold fell to a new yearly low before bouncing back slightly to US$336.10 per oz. in London. The…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $338.60 – $7.90 Silver* $ 3.80 – $0.09 Platinum* $347.75 – $21.00 Nickel** $ 3.26 – $0.02 Lead** $ 0.29 – $0.01 Copper $ 1.16 + $0.02 Zinc $ 0.62 $0.00 Courtesy of Scoti…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US60-61 cents per lb. (Aug. 6, 1992). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). CADMIUM: …

William Lester (Bill) Brown, a keen field geologist who rose to become general manager of Noranda Exploration and a vice-president of Noranda Mines, died recently in Toronto. He was 81. Born in Brantf…

Stoney Creek Mines Ltd. (STK:VSE) has changed its name to Cyn-Tech Ventures Ltd. with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.

It’s standard practice for those interested in doing exploration in unfamiliar political jurisdictions to do some preliminary research into the area. Who owns the mineral resources? Who gives out pros…

Cash-rich Nova-Cogesco Resources (TSE) has become the object of a bidding war between a health care company operating out of Texas, a west coast gold explorer, and a Toronto-based mining company. Vanc…