Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Alberta-listed Green Diamond Oil Corp. has acquired a 1,500-ac claim group in the southeast corner of Destor Twp. in the Rouyn- Noranda, Que. region. Accessible by road, the property is located 22 mil…

Results continue to be encouraging from the 11,000-ft drilling program of Gunnar Gold and Mill City Gold on their joint venture Tyranite gold mine property near Gowganda in northern Ontario, the compa…

According to the ancient adage, mines are made not found. Or to put it another way, it’s not finding but making the mine which separates the sheep from the goats of the mining world. Few companies kno…

Struggling equity markets around the world continued to display signs of fragility as nervous investors watched market indices move over wide ranges all week long. In the U.S., the Federal Reserve Boa…

The first phase of a reverse circulation drill program has been completed by Baden Explorations and joint venture partner Keld’Or Resources. The work was completed on their gold property near Carefree…

Midland Energy Corp. of Vancouver will quadruple the value of its ore reserves and increase its exposure to Third World mining by acquiring Rayrock Yellowknife Resources’ Chilean, Ecuadorian and Costa…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne Date Nov. 3 Nov. 2 Oct. 30 Oct. 29 Oct. 28 Copper 1223-1224 1194-1196 1175-1178 1145-1…

N.Y. Commodities Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Nov. 88.60 86.75 88.60 + 7.30 Dec. 86.90 84.50 85.60 +…

Contrary to what was reported in our issue of Oct 19, Tony H. Ransom is president of Pamorex Minerals Inc.

Toronto-based Agassiz Resources, has released some encouraging drill results from its Lingman Lake joint venture gold property near the Manitoba/Ontario border. As operator of the project which is own…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 85.00 cents -88.00 cents per lb. (Oct 22, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.10-$1.16 per lb. (Oct 8, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.90-$5.00 per lb. (Oct 22, 1987). CAD…

Following the sale of its shares in West Kootenay Power and Light Co., Cominco Ltd. has reported unaudited consolidated earnings of $92.6 million for the 9-month period ended Sept 30. That compares wi…