Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Losses for Alta Gold (NASDAQ) continued for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The company lost US$369,000 in the quarter, down from the US$1.3 million reported in the third quarter of 1989. The loss f…

Michael Callahan, Angus Stewart and Stanley Ford appointed directors succeeding James Brown, Clive Brown and Ivan Christopher; Michael Callahan appointed president and Angus Stewart appointed secretar…

Christopher Herald appointed president.

Dale Scholz appointed chairman of the board and director succeeding W. Danke who resigned; Terry Holland and Norm Tribe appointed directors succeeding G. Carlson and R. Handfield who resigned.

Hit by a double blow of low investor appeal and weakening industrial demand, the silver price is struggling to regain momentum after plunging to 14-year lows earlier this month. Silver dipped below th…

A representative of Canada’s junior mining sector says he fully supports a recent request by the Canadian investment community for changes in the federal tax system. In a recent submission to the fede…

Early next year, High Frontier Resources (VSE) expects to begin exploring a 2,471-acre property held by Goldpac Investments (VSE) near the historic Bralorne gold mine in southern British Columbia. Hig…

Toronto-based Horsham (TSE) recently filed a normal course issuer bid with the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges allowing it to purchase up to five million of the company’s subordinate voting share…

Is there any future for resource development in Ontario? The federal and Ontario governments, for example, have signed an interim agreement with northern Ontario Indians that gives tangible recognitio…

A number of new mines opened in the southwestern U.S. during the past year. At the same time, a few exploration bets proved up to be substantial mineral deposits. For example, Crown Butte Resources (T…

BGR Central Net value $9.48 $5.41 Price $8.50 $4.850 Discount 10.34% 10.4% Value $56,437,781 $81,597,855…

Edgar Fenwick appointed director and corporate secretary succeeding Nick Desjarlais who resigned.