Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mixed trading characterized the week on the ME, with a province- wide power failure slowing activity considerably on one trading day. The Monday morning blackout prevented the exchange from functionin…

Thunder Mountain Gold (OTC, Spokane) acquired extensive mineral rights last year in Eureka, Elko, and Lander Ctys, Nev. The company says several major mining companies have expressed an interest in th…

Uranium Resources (VSE) reports net earnings for the fourth quarter of $983,000(US) or 4 cents per share on revenue of $8.42 million. For the same period a year earlier the company reported a net los…

Too often good deeds go unnoticed. So it’s nice to have the opportunity to tip the hat to some of the actions that make people in the mining industry proud. In particular, Inco gets the nod for a $4…

The Michigan department of natural resources has produced a new open-file report, “Inventory of Geological Core and Sample Repository,” compiled by William T. Swenor. This 21-page report contains the …

An amalgamation is in the works between Silverside Resources (TSE) and Proteus Resources (VSE). Proposed name of the new company is Silverside Resources Inc. Share conversion would be on the basis of …

The difference that a year can make to the trading price of a resource issue is currently being demonstrated by Borealis Exploration. After trading at around $19 last January, the tightly held Boreali…

Short of cash and under threat of takeover, Toronto-based McFinley Red Lake Mines (TSE) is looking around for a joint venture partner to assist in completing a bulk sample at its Bateman Tw gold proj…

A week of directionless trading was capped with a small 2.61-pt loss which moved the composite index to 3622.13 pts. Rising interest rates have dampened investor enthusiasm which was reflected in toda…

Buoyed by good results from recent diamond drilling on the Sheep Creek copper project in Montana, Cominco Resources International (TSE) is accelerating its $1.4 million 1989 exploration program. The p…

Milling operations at the Hope Brook Gold (TSE) mine in Chetwynd, Nfld., resumed recently after the company completed modifications to its effluent treatment facilities. But general manager Bill Fothe…

Just when it seemed gold was firming up nicely, the yellow metal backed off several dollars at press time and effectively put the damper on hopes gold issues would soon get off the back burner. Base m…