Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold (per oz) $421.90 $5.10 Silver (per oz) $6.51 $ Platinum (per oz) $524.00 $2.00 Copper (per lb) $1.13 + $0.06 Lead (per lb) $0.28 $ Z…

Gold values have been assayed by Tundra Gold Mines (VSE) from the company’s Kabenung project in the Mishibishu area. Located west of Wawa, Ont., the property is north of the Magnacon mine being built …

A Vancouver junior appears to have caught the eye of Placer Dome Inc. (TSE). The large gold producer recently purchased 150,000 shares of Alban Explorations Ltd. (VSE) at $1.00 per share, which Alban …

Drilling continues to expand reserves at the Tundra gold project — Canada’s largest undeveloped gold resource. Based on work completed by partners Noranda Inc. (TSE) and Getty Resources (TSE), the de…

While at least one Toronto investment advisor has admitted to being mildly worried about the direction of gold prices — he expects it to drop to $370(U.S.) per oz — a Toronto-based gold company call…

Is the platinum market in oversupply or undersupply? Two reports appearing in this column earlier this year, each dealing with the supply of the precious metal to world markets, seem to contradict eac…

A drill program on the Red Cross Lake property is under way, Cross Lake Minerals (VSE) says. Funded by a $112,000 share placement with NIM Resources 1988, a flow- through fund, the program will test s…

The first drill results have been received by Orofino Resources (TSE) from the company’s Coronation Gulf gold property in the Northwest Territories. Of four holes completed, the second intersected a 5…

Black Hawk Mining Inc. (TSE) has entered into an agreement with Lodi Metals (VSE) which gives Black Hawk the right to earn a 55% interest in Lodi’s graphite property near Smith Falls, Ont. Black Hawk …

Calgary-based Borealis Exploration (ASE) says it plans to form a new subsidiary before bringing its Fat Lake gold project into production next year. To be named Borealis Fat Lake Mine Ltd., the new en…

“Gold is the key, whatever else we try, and that sweet metal helps the winner in each case, with love as well as war.” These words were written by Moliere 326 years ago. Mining for gold really is digg…

A report entitled Field inventory of mineral resources, Goshute Indian Reservation, Nevada and Utah is available for public inspection at the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. The report may be insp…