Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Construction of a smelter, at a capital cost that could reach $350- million, is being considered for any ore mined from the Aur Resources (TSE), Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE) base metal discovery. Whil…

Three rigs are continuing to drill the Miller Creek zone on the New World property in Montana where Crown Butte Resources (VSE) and project manager Noranda Exploration recently made a new gold-silver-…

Norman Keevil Sr.’s legacy to the mining industry is something of a paradox. An academic by training who took justifiable pride in his published work, he was also the essence of mining’s entrepreneuri…

Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) has exercised an option to buy the assets of Addwest Gold for $33 million(US) plus a 2% royalty on gold production from the Briggs property in California. The option to acqui…

Tanqueray Resources (VSE) and its partners Aber Resources (TSE) and Oliver Gold (VSE) have started a drill program on their 46,750-acre Kitsault Lake gold property south of Stewart, B.C. The property …

The Vancouver Stock Exchange isn’t looking too exciting for investors, brokers and market watchers these days. Trading activity in recent weeks has slumped considerably since the heady weeks in August…

A 1% interest in Falconbridge Dominicana has been purchased by Redstone Resources (TSE). The deal gives Redstone an interest in one of the world’s largest nickel mining operations controlled and opera…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US79.500 cents – 81.00 cents per lb. (Oct 5, 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. (…

The bull market for nickel may be nearing an end, but a price collapse does not appear to be in the works, at least according to two analytical sources. The base metal, which climbed to $10.84(US) per…

Inco Limited (TSE) is always at least 20 years ahead of the game when it comes to keeping track of available, potentially mineable nickel ore reserves. While the exact use of the reserves, year by yea…

A significant gold discovery has been made by Noranda Inc. (TSE) on property held under option from Glimmer Resources (VSE). The 14-claim property is in Beatty and Hislop twps., about 45 miles east of…

Results from a surface trenching program on the Talbot Lake property owned by Placer Dome (TSE) and Golden Crescent Resources (ASE) in northwestern Ontario include 5.6 ft grading 1.08 oz gold per ton …