Forecasting metals consumption, prices (1)
Whatever makes the distant or the future predominate over the present advances us in the dignity of human beings. I hold that man in awe who is clearly in contact with the future. So advise Samuel Joh…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
..add to Corona supports Goldbelt
para 5 Goldbelt recently announced it had acquired a 100% interest in about 5,600 acres in the Stikine- Galore Creek region of northwestern British Columbia. The claims adjoin holdings by Cominco Ltd…
Blackhawk puts three drills on Minago
After acquiring the Minago nickel project in northern Manitoba last summer, Toronto-based Black Hawk Mining (TSE) has deployed three drills on the property in its bid to prove up a mineable orebody. D…
LAC’s third quarter earnings slip slightly to $11.4 million
Lower gold prices and production reduced earnings for LAC Minerals (TSE) during the third quarter ended Sept 30. For the period, the company earned $11.4 million or 11 cents per share, compared with …
FINANCING (November 13, 1989)
ONTARIO Alta Ventures — min 700,000 offered @ 35 cents per sh. Int’l Azora — gross proceeds rec $600,000. Yukon Spirit Mines — gross proceeds rec $275,000. Golden Peaks Res — 250,000 flow-through…
Integrated encouraged at Goat
Edmonton-based Integrated Resources (ASE), which is making a takeover bid for Northern Minerals (TSE), recently obtained some encouraging results from exploration at its Goat gold project near Telegra…
Hollinger North tests for lump ore
Bulk-sample testing of three iron ore deposits, aimed at identifying lump ore, was undertaken this past summer by Hollinger North Shore Exploration, a wholly owned subsidiary of La Fosse Platinum (TSE…
World potash market on recovery curve
Consumption of potash will continue to increase at about 2% per year until at least the end of the century, Roskill of London predicts. The research company says world production of potash in 1988 hit…
Cheni bottom line improves
New producer Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) reported earnings of $1.76 million or 16 cents per common share after an extraordinary item for its third quarter ended Sept 30. Cumulative earnings for the seven …
Betts Cove results encourage Bitech in Newfoundland
Preliminary assay results from recent drilling on Bitech Corp.’s (ASE) Betts Cove property in northern Newfoundland have encouraged the company. The property is about two kilometres south of Bitech’s …
Atlas Copco awards $2,500 scholarship
In 1982, Atlas Copco Canada established at Haileybury School of Mines an annual scholarship of $500 for a student in the school’s mine maintenance program. In 1989, the value of this scholarship was i…
FirstMiss quarterly profits slip
First-quarter earnings for FirstMiss Gold Inc. (NASDAQ) fell to $621,000(US) or 3 cents per share for the period ended Sept 30, compared with earnings of $771,000 for the same period in 1988. The com…