Copper output losses mounting
Problems at the operations of Bougainville Copper in Papua New Guinea and of Highland Valley Copper in British Columbia are resulting in lost output of about 6,500 tonnes copper per week, Metals and M…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Drilling under way at Savanna/Aur bet
An agreement allowing Aur Resources (TSE) to earn a 51% undivided stake in Savanna Resources’ (ASE) Turner Albright polymetallic property in southern Oregon was closed recently. Under the agreement, A…
Editorial Governments taking more than their share
Even with British Columbia’s mining industry reporting its best earnings in 10 years, future growth is far from guaranteed. Perhaps the most startling figure to come out of an annual review of the i…
Letters to the Editor (September 04, 1989)
Your reply to the query (N.M., Aug 17) concerning Peterson Cobalt Mines struck a chord. I immediately got out my package of sundry mining certificates and found that, yes, I am a shareholder. My label…
Goldcorp buys Wharf shares
Goldcorp Investments, a Toronto-based gold fund, reports acquisition of 219,900 shares of Wharf Resources (TSE), a company which operates a heap-leach mine in South Dakota. Major shareholder of Wharf …
Calpine’s latest drilling fuels market surge
The Vancouver Stock Exchange roared back to life in a frenzy of trading activity sparked by drill results from the Eskay Creek gold project north of Stewart, B.C. The bulk of recent trading involves c…
Northern Miner names new Western Editor
Vivian Danielson has been named Western Editor for The Northern Miner, Canada’s mineral resources newspaper. Danielson, a mining journalist for the past five years, was managing editor for a mining jo…
Eskay Creek area comes alive
Although much of the credit has to go to Murray Pezim and hole 109, a full- fledged outbreak of gold fever has set the stage for a new wave of exploration into northwestern British Columbia’s gold cam…
Athlone completes drilling program
Seven short holes testing a gold- copper zone have been completed by joint venture partners Athlone Resources (VSE) and Vital Pacific Resources (VSE) on their Soup property situated of Johanson Lake, …
Vancouver Stock Exchange Tide has turned for the VSE
What a week] Phones ringing, paper flying, champagne corks popping and record-breaking trading volumes. That’s the kind of action VSE brokers basked in after Calpine Resources released spectacular res…
Kewagama funding (September 04, 1989)
Kewagama Gold Mines (Quebec) (ME) has entered into a subscription agreement with a private company, 2161-6925 Quebec Inc., whereby the latter will subscribe to 200,000 common shares of Kewagama at 75 …
Editorial Playing the game
It’s easy for investors to obtain a rate of return that will match the TSE 300, or so we’re told. Diversify, diversify, diversify. But when it comes to winning a game, that’s another story. Those …