Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Two exploration assistance programs received royal assent on July 13. The Ontario Mineral Incentive Program will provide grants, up to 30% o f eligible expenses or an annual maximum of $150,000, to i…

This letter calls to your attention a recurring error which I consider is adversely affecting the management of a part of my investment portfolio. I own 11,000 shares of Discovery West Corp., and on A…

The indices headed downwards this week but the trading remained steady, with daily volumes ranging between 5.8 million and 8.7 million shares. The market portfolio slipped more than 33 pts and the min…

Ownership of the Kerr copper-gold porphyry deposit discovered last year in the remote Sulphurets camp north of Stewart, B.C., is about to pass into the hands of a major mining company. Western Canadia…

Led by continued strength in copper, molybdenum and lithium markets, 1989 second-quarter earnings for Cyprus Minerals (NYSE) reached $61.7 million(US) or $1.48 per share on revenues of $453.5 million….

The average daily value traded on COATS rose sharply last month to more than $5 million, up from a low of $721,256 reached in May this year. The share price of Atlantic Goldfields moved ahead 28 cents…

Toronto-based American Barrick Resources (TSE) has declared a semi-annual dividend of 7.5 cents per common share, payable in Canadian funds Dec 15, to shareholders of record Nov 30. American Barrick …

Toronto-based Noront Resources (VSE) reports recent work by Noranda Exploration on the Grubline joint venture in the Gander area of Newfoundland has resulted in the discovery of two encouraging gold z…

It may be too early for supporters of the Vancouver Stock Exchange to start singing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” but there’s no doubt that the recent Eskay Creek gold play has lifted a pall of gloom t…

The latest set of drill results from the Eskay Creek gold project in northwestern British Columbia don’t appear to have dazzled all that many investors. Though the results ranged from good to fair and…

Assay results were released by McNellen Resources (VSE) for the first three holes drilled on its Mount Foley copper-silver-gold project east of Chilliwack, B.C. The first hole returned 15.2 ft of 0.65…

Expanded drill programs are planned by Placer Dome (TSE) on two of International Curator Resources’ (VSE) properties in Alaska. The Jualin gold project near Juneau is to be the object of an additional…