Articles by Northern Miner Staff

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Oct. — — 81.40 — Dec. 81.50 80.90 81.15 + 0.95 Mar. 80.00 …

A former National Hockey League player says he is about to succeed where a number of companies have failed by turning the old Goldbeam mine at West Hawk Lake, Man., into a commercial gold producer. Af…

Sept. 29 Sept. 28 Sept. 25 Sept. 24 Sept. 23 Gold London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 459.40(458.90) 460.85(460.90) 461.80(461.00) 464.00(463.85) 462.40(461.05) Gold Bank of Nov…

With all the hydrothermal activity taking place deep beneath this popular tourist area a short jaunt from Vancouver, it’s not surprising that somebody has discovered a gold deposit nearby. The propert…

Moneta Porcupine Mines — Dennis MacLeod has been appointed to the board of directors.

Abruptly closed in 1969, the old Mount Nansen gold mine is now being looked at seriously by Chevron Canada and Vancouver-based B.Y.G Resources. From a distance it still looks like an operating mine an…

Vancouver-based Fleck Resources has signed an agreement with Coventry Ventures to earn a 55% interest in Coventry’s Bedivere Lake platinum project near Thunder Bay, Ont. Under the terms of the agreeme…

Laboratory analyses of six gold ore samples from mines near Fairbanks, Alaska, revealed substantial amounts of platinum, leading U.S. Geological Survey scientists to conclude in a report that the area…

I was appalled to see Giant Bay’s microbes described as “killer bugs” and “aggressive” in the Sept 7 issue of The Northern Miner. These characterizations are totally erroneous. As with all developers …

What can only be described as an insatiable demand for gold stocks continues to bolster the Vancouver market. Despite some negative signs on the horizon, the market’s fundamentals are still pretty goo…

Vancouver-based Aber Resources says it is encouraged by drilling results at its Butterfly Lake project in the Northwest Territories’ Mackenzie district. Located 15 miles southeast of the Lupin mine wh…

A total of $6 million has been set aside by St. Genevieve Resources to sink an exploration shaft and do lateral exploration work on the company’s 12-claim Fourax property in Fourniere twp., near Malar…