Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US96.00- 98.00 cents per lb. (Apr 13, 1989). ANTIMONY: New York dealer 99 cents -$1.01(US) per lb. (Apr 6, 1989). BISMUTH: New York dealer $6.55-$6.70(US) per lb (Apr 13, 1989…

Atlantic Goldfields — A. Howe sold 115,000 (Feb.) @ 66 cents to hold 85,000. Card Lake — D. Bell bought 85,600 (Dec.) @ 35 cents to hold 285,600. Cons. Imperial Res. — L. Swartz sold 54,430 (Mar.,…

A seven-hole drill program has intersected zinc-lead mineralization on the McNeil property in British Columbia, partners Dragoon Resources (VSE) and Greenstone Resources (TSE) say. Located 20 km south…

A battle for control of mining assets owned by Toronto exploration affiliates Atlantic Goldfields (COATS) and Jascan Resources (TSE) has taken a new twist. In the midst of the battle, Kash Investments…

Following an unsuccessful drilling campaign on Jamie Frontier Resources’ (COATS) Red Lake gold property in northwestern Ontario, Pezgold Resource Corp. (VSE) has terminated its option to explore the c…

A new edition of the Union List of Geological Field Trip Guidebooks of North America was published recently by the American Geological Institute. The fifth edition lists more than 6,500 field-trip gui…