Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Brian Koehn and George Graham appointed directors succeeding Luke Manicaros who resigned.

Ed Gallagher appointed president and director; Frank Hogg and Avraham Elarar appointed directors.

Talk of a possible merger involving Newmont Mining and American Barrick Resources provided a much needed shot in the arm to a long suffering gold sector during the week ended May 28. Accompanied by a …

Tony Erlank appointed director.

The stock market rallied during the week ended May 28, with the market portfolio jumping by 32.6 points and the mining and minerals index climbing by 44.7 points. Daily trading volumes ranged between …

Planning to launch a second drilling phase on each of three gold properties, Golconda Resources traded heavily in the week ended May 28, gaining 18 cents to close at 60 cents. The Calgary-based explo…

The VSE remained relatively stable during the week ended May 28. The composite index was virtually unchanged at the 560 level while the resource index staged a rebound to finish at 518.8, up by 13.7 p…

A major exploration program will be carried out this season on the GNC claims which surround the Eskay Creek project north of Stewart, B.C. The program will be operated by Corona (TSE) on behalf of Pr…

Price (US) Week’s Change Gold* $360.75 + $ 4.00 Silver* $ 4.14 + $ 0.05 Platinum* $392.65 — $ 0.10 Nickel** $ 3.74 + $ 0.08 Lead**…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Jun 101.50 99.80 99.90 — 1.10 Jul 99.45 98.80 99.20 — 0.30 Aug 98.80 98.80 98.80 — SILVER (in US cents per o…

Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) is considering taking a writedown on its investment in the Eagle River, Ont., gold joint venture with Central Crude (TSE), said President John Harvey at the company’s recent ann…

Milton Zink appointed director and president succeeding Richard Pearson; Frank Varseveld appointed director and executive vice-president.