Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Peter Bradshaw, Brian Fraser, Terry Holland, Randy Turner elected to the board.

Minnesota has been left out in the cold as exploration gears up in the Rhinelander-Ladysmith greenstone belt of neighboring Wisconsin. Although Minnesota put thousands of mineral leases up for sale du…

The Vancouver market renewed its slide over the period ended October 30, with the Composite Index shedding almost 17 points to finish at 524.46 while the Resource Index followed suit for a 28-point lo…

Recent drilling results from the Tulsequah Chief project in northwestern British Columbia helped initiate a free fall in the share price of Redfern Resources (TSE). The junior has earned a 40% interes…

Viewed by some as a world- class polymetallic zinc deposit, Noble Peak Resources’ Crypto project in Utah is currently explored by Cyprus Metals Exploration and equal partner Mitsui of Japan. At full p…

Following a ruling by the British Columbia Court of Appeal upholding the reduction in contract price for its coal, Quintette Coal has gone to the Supreme Court of Canada in an attempt to overturn the …

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Nov 118.00 117.00 117.55 — 10.60 Dec 116.50 114.80 115.65 — 7.00 Jan 113.50 112.80 113.20 + 9.30 SILVER (in US …

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US81.50- 85.50 cents per lb. (Oct. 18, 1990). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US80-83 cents per lb. (Sep. 6, 1990). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.80-2.90 per lb. (Sep. 13, 1990). CA…

Partners VSM Exploration (TSE) and Serem-Quebec have discovered a new zinc zone on claims optioned from Orphee Resources about five kilometres southeast of their Grevet discovery near Quevillon, Que. …

The earnings of gold-silver producer Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) totalled $2.5 million for the nine months ended Sept. 30, off slightly from the $2.7 million in earnings reported in the same period last ye…

Despite eventual possible economic fallout from rising oil prices, 1990 is likely to be a peak year for steel consumption in the Western World, said the secretary general of the International Iron and…

Over the last couple of years I have volunteered some of my time at the rock shop housed in the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. This is an area where the public can examine rock and mineral samples…