Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Despite additional cost overruns, construction of the Golden Bear gold mine near Telegraph Creek in northwestern British Columbia is on schedule. Project operator North American Metals (TSE) expects m…

The 3% Series A debentures of Camindex Mines (TSE), worth more than $11.1 million, have been tendered for conversion into common shares of MVP Capital, Camindex reports. Conversion of 100% of the debe…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US80.50 cents – 82.00 cents per lb. (Oct 19, 1989). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US94 cents -98 cents per lb. (Sept 14, 1989). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.80-$4.90(US) per lb. (…

Vancouver-based Kap Resources (VSE) is planning to spend about $300,000 this year to explore a Chilean property it considers promising for the production of iodine. The company recently acquired an in…

1989 Oct 24Oct 23Oct 20Oct 19Oct 18HIGH LOW Composite “300”3899.133912.153954.793969.663929.514037.833353.13 Metals & Minerals3499.413470.323542.703587.983551.333919.203207.50 Integrated mines364…

Investors in flow-through shares in Quebec have been given a new break by the provincial government. Beginning this year, investors will not have to include flow-through tax benefits in the calculatio…

Recently increasing its interest (direct and indirect) in Wharf Resources (TSE) to 43.4% was Goldcorp Investments, a Toronto- based gold fund company. Goldcorp reports purchasing 358,200 shares of Wha…

Gold hedging activity enabled Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) to earn $10.9 million or 13 cents per share during the third quarter of this year. Despite a drop of $85 per oz of gold during the period, the com…

The Canadian Over-the-Counter Automated Trading System, or COATS, was largely unaffected by the recent share price swings experienced on other major stock exchanges during the week. COATS issues had b…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Oct129.50 129.10 129.30 — 1.85 Nov– — 128.80 — 1.00 Dec129.80 127.10 128.30 + 0…

Expenses related to the recent takeover of Falconbridge Ltd. (TSE) led the major nickel producer to reduce its third-quarter earnings by $37 million. Noranda Inc. (TSE) and Swedish firm Trelleborg AB …

The base metal cycle may have peaked and prices may be on their way down, but you couldn’t prove it by examining lead. The metal recently rallied in London, where it was trading for as high as 34 cent…