Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The David Bell and Williams mines turned out 419,500 oz. gold to the account of Teck (TSE) in 1991, a 12% decrease from 477,100 oz. gold last year. Teck has a 50% interest in the two Ontario mines, wi…

Mention Nevada’s Carlin Trend today and there is the immediate vision of gold, and lots of it. There’s more to it than that, though; the name also flags a major advance in metallurgy and deriving from…

John Hislop, Douglas Reason and Paul Esquivel appointed directors.

Drilling activity at the Douay gold property of Societe d’Exploration Miniere Vior helped to propel the stock upwards during the week ended Feb. 11. The junior, which gained 15 cents to 70 cents on al…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Feb 11 Feb 10 Feb 7 Feb 6 Feb 5 Copper 1206-1207 1189-1191 1189-1191 1198-1199 1201-…

Newmont Mining (NYSE), North America’s biggest gold miner, is planning to team up with the second largest gold producer of the former Soviet republics to extract ore from low-grade deposits. Newmont C…

A net loss of $41.3 million was reported by Cominco (TSE) for 1991, compared to a profit of $54.8 million in 1990. The company attributed its drop in earnings primarily to the worldwide decline in met…

Shareholders of Fort Rupert Resources have cleared the way for a takeover by Kingswood Explorations (ASE). Under the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, Kingswood will issue one of its shar…

The VSE indices posted strong gains during the week ended Feb. 11, with the composite index adding 21.43 points to finish at 653.8 and the resource index bouncing off the 500 level to close up by more…

News of a gold discovery on the Devon property near Matheson, Ont., added a nickel to Kingswood Explorations, which closed at 29 cents on strong volume for the week ended Feb. 11. Hole 92-16 returned …

Shares of Joutel Resources made the active list during the week ended Feb. 11, as Aur Resources prepared to start drilling on the company’s copper-zinc property in northwestern Quebec. Joutel moved up…

Late last year, Fort Knox Gold Resources emerged from a dormant penny stock to become one of the most active issues in The Toronto Stock Exchange. Much of the credit goes to Exploration Vice-President…