Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Because of supply disruptions and technical difficulties, zinc metal production at Noranda Minerals’ electrolytic reduction plant at Valleyfield, Que., is expected to be below its 230,000-tonne-per-ye…

Semi-monthly reports as of September 30, showed 21,525,116 shares of 590 issues compared with 22,743,881 shares of 607 issues on September 15. Larger individual positions included: Amax Gold 117,300, …

After 25 years of reading your paper and being actively involved in the mining exploration industry, I think M.R. Brown’s column “Mining ranks behind native issues, clams, dragonflies” (T.N.M., Sept. …

John Paterson appointed vice-president, operations and director.

BGR Central Net Value $8.43 $5.03 Price $7.88 $4.400 Discount 6.57% 12.5% Value $50,185,674 $74,026,920…

Patrick Sheridan’s much publicized bid to bring the Lac des Iles palladium-platinum project into commercial production single-handedly ended recently when he resigned as president and director of Made…

Ron Netolitzky was recently named as technical adviser on Swift Minerals’ (VSE) properties in the Eskay Creek region of northwestern British Columbia. Swift can earn a 50% interest in four claim block…

A recently arranged private placement of 100,000 units at $1.60 per unit brings the cash position of Pacific Sentinel Gold (VSE) to over $3 million. The units include a share plus one share purchase w…

As investors braced themselves for the fourth anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash and another round of quarterly earnings, share prices moved lower during the week ended Oct. 8. Predictions on …

A 27% increase in overall minable reserves was reported by Dayton Mining (TSE) for its 100% owned Andacollo gold project in central Chile. That’s good news for Dayton, a technically oriented junior wh…

Companies with a stake in the Lightning gold zone east of Timmins, Ont., have gathered around the bargaining table in an effort to create a single mine property. But considering the deposit represents…

Stepout drilling by Westmin Resources (TSE) has returned another spectacular intersection from the Gap zone on the company’s Myra Falls mine property near Campbell River, B.C. Assays are expected shor…