Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 20% increase in silver production is expected by Coeur d’Alene Mines in 1988, according to Dennis Wheeler, president and chief executive officer. Over-all production for the year is expected to be s…

Bullion registered a strong $9 gain this week to $444.80 (US) on London’s second fix today. Gold reacted to a sell-off of U.S. dollars and renewed hostilities between Iran and Iraq in the Persian Gulf…

ONTARIO Released From Escrow Red Lake Buffalo — 475,000 shs released. VANCOUVER Etruscan — 250,000 offered @ 68 cents per sh. Int’l Baron — gross proceeds rec $487,000. Dual — 400,000 offered @ m…

I would like to bring to your attention a most unjust situation which I recently encountered as a small investor, confronted with a forced share sale. A large foreign company, Western Mining Corp. Hol…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne Date July 19 July 18 July 15 July 14 July 13 Copper 1288-1290 1248-1249 1303-1304 1303-1305 12…

Contrary to what was reported in The Northern Miner recently, Galactic Resources and Lepanto Consolidated Mining have blocked out approximately 292,200,000 tons of grade 0.041 oz gold per ton at the L…

On the face of it, the Royal Canadian Mint’s recent decision to add platinum Maple Leaf and silver Maple Leaf coins to its already highly-successful Maple Leaf investment-vehicle gold coins, seems fai…

A follow-up development program, expected to cost upwards of $3 million, is getting under way at the Tully Twp. gold property of Frankfield Explorations (ASE) (36.4%) and Intex Mining (ASE) (63.6%) in…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Jul 100.00 96.80 99.90 + 3.65 Aug 96.50 96.50 99…

While demand for lead has been steady of late, there appears to be an adequate supply to meet that demand, writes Metals Economics Group of Halifax, N.S., in a recent report on the base metal which is…

Reserves of graphitic material at its Mont Laurier, Que., deposit are estimated to be 23.7 million tonnes, Stratmin Inc. (ME) reports. Results to date from ongoing drilling and from a 44-tonne bulk sa…

With a $50- million investment in the Muscocho Group of companies including McNellen Resources (VSE), Echo Bay Mines (TSE) is set to play a much larger role in Eastern Canada’s gold mining industry. U…