Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Lower operating costs at Breakwater Resources’ (TSE) El Mochito polymetallic mine in Honduras contributed to higher first-quarter earnings for the Vancouver-based company. Breakwater, which is attempt…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $365.70 + $2.45 Silver* $5.13 + $0.03 Platinum* $496.50 — $6.75 Nickel** $3.83 + $0.05 Lead** $0.38 + $0.00 Copper- $1.18 + $0.05 Zinc $0.79 — $0.00 Courtesy of Scotia…

The property would be a hard day’s ride from this hot, dusty town in an area steeped in the history of the American wild west. One would be hard pressed to find men to make that ride to the Dragoon Mo…

Today, there may be a faint glimmer of hope for the mineral industry in its continuing concern about access to land. On March 30, the final plan for land use around the Spanish River, in the Sudbury D…

An agreement with CMP 1990 will provide Corona (TSE) with $5 million for exploration financing. Under the terms of the agreement, Corona will receive $3.5 million from CMP in return for up to 375,110 …

BGR Metals has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per common and class A share, payable April 27, 1990.

A market rally sparked by renewed optimism over the U.S. economy appeared to gain some momentum today, May 30. The composite 300 stock index, which represents a wide measure of Canadian share values, …

Toronto-based Tandem Resources (ME) has arranged for a flow-through private placement of $250,000 with CMP 1990 Resource Partnership and Co. The placement is priced at the lesser of 30 cents or 95% of…

Vancouver-based Westview Resources (VSE) is funding a 10,000-ft. diamond drilling program this summer on what it considers to be a new “Lupin-type” gold deposit on the REN property in the Northwest Te…

Timmins Land, a privately owned company based in Timmins, Ont., has entered into an agreement with Breakwater Resources (TSE) to buy the South Rundle mine property for $1.5 million. The 800-acre prope…

Bacteria Cellulose A chemical has been created using an advanced biotechnological process involving a strain of bacteria that produces cellulose. The resulting product, called Cellulon, has properties…

What moves on all fours, stands Wso tall that even basketball Wplayers can walk under it, and sports a pea-sized brain (relative to its mass, of course)? Well, certain types of dinosaur would have qua…