Articles by Northern Miner Staff

It is a rare occasion that I consider replying to an editorial, but a few aspects of the issue you raise in your article “Blame it on flow- through” (N.M., Apr 19/89) beg further comment. Although the…

Buyers returned to the markets this week anticipating that rising interest rates may have peaked. Two key economic indicators suggest that the worst is over. The Consumer Price Index registered a smal…

Price Week’s ($US) Change($) Gold* 382.90 — 1.25 Silver* 5.76 + 0.06 Platinum* 543.10 +15.60 Nickel** 6.96 + 0.38 Lead** 0.28 + 0.02…

Toronto-based silver producer United Keno Hill Mines (TSE) won’t remember 1988 fondly. The 33%-owned affiliate of nickel giant Falconbridge Ltd. (TSE) reported a consolidated net loss of $12.9 million…

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the prospectus for the merger of CoCa Mines (NASDAQ) and Geodome Resources (TSE). CoCa will issue 0.255 shares and a warrant for each outstanding sh…

Step-out drilling at the Eskay Creek project of Calpine Resources (VSE) and Consolidated Stikine Silver (VSE) has increased the strike extension of the 21 zone to the east. But a fault appears to have…

A letter of intent has been signed between Rio Algom (TSE) and the Sammi Group of South Korea regarding the sale of Rio’s steel manufacturing operations. Price of the transaction was not made public. …

The discovery of a new gold-bearing vein complex on the O’Brien property near Cadillac, Que., has Breakwater Resources (TSE) studying the possibility of an underground exploration and development prog…

Mining issues slipped lower in a quiet and generally lacklustre COATS market this week. Two companies with interests in platinum-palladium prospects, Boston Bay Mines and Belleterre Quebec Mines, were…

A 5,500-ft drill program has been completed by Midas Minerals (TSE) on the Tisdale gold property near Timmins, Ont. The drilling tested for gold mineralization at depths between 1,000 ft and 1,500 ft….

In an unpredictable discipline like mining where the participants are often stifled by circumstances beyond their control, it is easy to understand why some companies prefer to say too little to the p…

The new owner of Dickenson Mines (TSE) and its sister company Kam-Kotia Mines (TSE) is Toronto-based gold fund Goldcorp Investments Ltd. Goldcorp won the takeover fight for the two companies when riva…