Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The New York closing gold price was $364.70 per oz. Last quotations for gold options traded in Montreal and Vancouver as provided at the close of trading each Tuesday by the Montreal Exchange. Only th…

A recently signed option deal gives Hyder Gold (VSE) the right to earn a 50% interest in the Railway-Zetu Creek property owned by West Pride Industries (VSE). The property is in the north Iskut regio…

The new management team at Dickenson Mines (TSE) has achieved a 40% jump in earnings for the first five months of the year, said Rob McEwen, chairman, president and chief executive officer at the annu…

The consolidation that has become fashionable lately in the gold industry gathered steam during the week ended June 25, with Royal Oak Resources cutting a deal with dissident shareholders in the Pamou…

A unit of Rio Algom (TSE) recently agreed to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Uranium Resources (TSE) at US$6.40 per share. The major company already holds about 8% of Uranium Resourc…

Wei Lew appointed president and director. Robert Downs appointed director.

The Association of Gaspesian Prospectors, bolstered by financial assistance from both the federal and provincial government, has grown into a vibrant organization with at least 250 members. Gathered i…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange High Low Close Week’s Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Jul 102.30 100.20 101.55 + 1.50 Aug 101.10 99.75 100.95 + 2.75 Sep 101…

Quebec-based Audrey Resources (TSE) is close to completing the sale of its assets of the Mobrun mine and mill and its 50% interest in the 1100 project at Rouyn-Noranda, Que., to a European firm, Presi…

Drilling programs are just getting started in northwestern British Columbia, and brokers here are hoping for a major, new discovery to generate some excitement on the VSE. Trading activity is in a lul…

Leslie Hart appointed president; Robert Downes appointed director.

Those yellowed shareholder certificates may be worth something after all if they happen to represent a stake in LAC Minerals or any of its 50 predecessor companies. In an attempt to clean up its shar…