Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Speculation on the significance of recent drilling at the Vine property near Cranbrook, B.C., has dramatically boosted the share price of Kokanee Explorations (VSE). The junior company reported that d…

Art Hastie, long-time prospector and stockbroker, died on Jan. 24. He was 85. Hastie was co-founder of O’Leary Malartic and D’Aragon Mines and co-staker of Chiboug Copper, McWatters and Elder Mines. H…

Serious operating losses brought about by high production costs and falling zinc prices were cited by Cominco (TSE) as the reason for its decision to suspend mining operations at the aging Sullivan mi…

The first results from drilling completed last month at Teeshin Resources (VSE) Dome Mountain gold property returned an 8.5-ft. intersection grading one ounce gold per ton and 2.64 oz. silver. The sam…

The 380 hourly workers at the Doyon gold mine in northwestern Quebec recently went on strike. Joint owners of the mine are LAC Minerals (TSE) and Cambior (TSE). The mine, a former open pit operation w…

Shares of Black Gregor Explorations have been trading actively at around the 59 cents level recently as the company’s gold prospect 10 miles north of Marathon, Ont., has caught the eye of some senior …

Management of Breakwater Resources (TSE) and American Pacific Mining (TSE) have agreed in principle to a plan that will see Breakwater acquire all the issued and outstanding shares of American Pacific…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold*$419.90+$ 2.35 Silver*$ 5.30+$ 0.09 Platinum*$509.80–$ 0.55 Nickel**$ 2.78+$ 0.06 Lead**$ 0.33+$ 0.01 Copper$ 1.02+$ 0.02 Zinc$ 0.60+$ 0.02 Courtesy of Scotiabank. Infor…

MVP BGR Central Capital Net value$12.48 $6.41 $0.44 Price$11.625 $6.75 $0.37 Discount 6.85% 5.3% 19% Value$74,332,312 $107,879,217 N/A…

Investors sold off gold shares today, Feb. 7, forcing the index below the 8,000-point level to 7,943.92 points, off 73.73 points on the day. The bout of profit-taking came about despite another jump i…

This is the first of a regular monthly column by M.R. Brown, publisher emeritus of The Northern Miner. Work and play can make a good mix, even in semi-retirement. A case in point would have to be a vi…

Net earnings of US$30.5 million (31 cents per share) for 1989 on revenues of US$186 million were reported by LAC Minerals (TSE), compared with earnings of US$38.4 million (42 cents per share) in 1988 …