Articles by Northern Miner Staff

British Columbia will hold its third annual mining week during the last week of February in Vancouver’s Pan-Pacific Hotel. Events include a careers fair, an award luncheon, a mine safety banquet and t…

Higher gold output from the Joe Mann mine at Chibougamau, Que., allowed Campbell Resources (TSE) to remain in the black during the first nine months of this year. The 27% owned Northgate Exploration (…

Toronto-based Lencourt (TSE) has failed to raise the $5 million needed to purchase a 72% stake in Zairean mining company Sominki and its Belgian subsidiary Cogemin S.A. Lencourt said due diligence stu…

ERG Resources (TSE) has acquired 6.9 million of its own shares, representing a 62% interest, from Pamour (TSE). The two companies were involved in a gold tailings reclamation project at Timmins, Ont.,…

Northgate Exploration was forced into a damage control mode this week after affiliate NorthWest Gold revealed its decision to take a $149-million writedown on the remote Colomac gold mine. Not surpris…

With gold holding its own above the US$380 level, the Vancouver Stock Exchange continues to be in a state of siege. The Composite Index registered a drop of just over 11 points finishing Nov. 13 at 51…

Lawyers for Ontex Resources (ASE) and Metalore Resources (TSE) have summarized their final cases in a court battle to settle ownership of the disputed Brookbank gold property near Beardmore, Ont. The …

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Nov 118.25 116.50 117.00 + 2.00 Dec 117.50 115.60 116.30 + 1.35 Jan 115.90 114.20 115.90 + 1.75 SILVER (in US cen…

Core from a 75,000-ft. drill program completed this summer at a remote nickel deposit in Ungava, Que., will be analyzed over the next few months by officials at Falconbridge Ltd. But drilling results …

Recession woes may have people tightening their belts and investors wary of the stock markets, but economists at the International Bank Credit Analyst say mid-1991 will “see a bottom in world equity m…

Increased revenue but lower earnings during the third quarter and the first nine months of 1990 were reported by Dickenson Mines (TSE). The company attributed the improved revenue level to higher gold…

Interested in the Courville gold project northeast of Val d’Or, Que., Placer Dome (TSE) has agreed to become a major shareholder in Cache Explorations (ME). Cache is earning an interest in the propert…