Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Denver-based Crown Resources (VSE) has made several recent property acquisitions near its Buckhorn Mountain project and Strawberry Lake property, four miles west of Buckhorn, in Okanogan Cty., Wash. W…

In a bid to have a pre-feasibility study on the table by freeze-up, Toronto-based Geddes Resources (TSE) is planning a $10-million rights offering to fund exploration at the Windy Craggy copper proper…

Toronto-based HSK Minerals (TSE) has signed a letter of intent to earn a 50% stake in Strike Minerals’ (COATS) Baden Twp. gold property near Matachewan, Ont. Located about 16 km north of Matachewan, t…

Blackdome Mining (TSE) has declared a special dividend of 42.5 cents on its common shares payable Aug 21 to shareholders of record Aug 4. The dividend is subject to an arrangement whereby the company …

Leading the week’s trading was McNickel Inc. with more than 200,000 shares changing hands. McNickel traded as high as $3.00 before closing at $2.65, off 25 cents from the week before. Three drills ar…

Toronto-based Corona Corp. (TSE) and Murray Pezim’s west- coast Prime Resources (VSE) have agreed to swap shares. Prime will sell Corona 10 million Prime shares in exchange for two million A shares of…

Belmoral Mines (TSE) has acquired 78,000 acres of claims near Gordon Lake, N.W.T., 110 km northeast of Yellowknife. Belmoral bought the claims from Central Capital Corp. for $225,000, 1,440,300 common…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US81.00 cents – 82.00 cents per lb. (Aug 17, 1989). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US90 cents -95 cents per lb. (Aug 10, 1989). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.95-$5.10(US) per lb. (A…

After acquiring 100% control of the Minago nickel deposit in northern Manitoba, Black Hawk Mining (TSE) is moving aggressively to develop the property. The Minago deposit, situated 140 miles south of …

Primary, non-placer gold production in the United States in 1989 will total an estimated 7.4 million oz, up 1.7 million oz from 1988, research company Metals Economics Group of Halifax, N.S., reports….

ONTARIO Canamax Res — final rec iss offer 850,000 @ $1.50 per sh to net $1,275,000 Firesand Res — final rec iss offer 2,400,000 @ 40 cents per sh to net $600,000 VANCOUVER Ravenroc — 1,500,000 off…

Ongoing step-out drilling to test the northeastern strike extent of the 21 zone on the Eskay Creek property is continuing to return both spectacular and significant results. Located in the Unuk River …