Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Another big U.S. company, U.S. Borax & Chemical Corp., has decided to get out of the mining business. In a deal scheduled to be closed this month, Jascan Resources Inc., a Toronto-based junior, has ag…

“Low inflation and high real interest rates are not the stuff commodity price increases are made of,” Anthony Bird, an independent economic consultant, told members of a gold conference in London, Eng…

Seaway Base Metals, which had its “cease and desist” order lifted by the Ontario Securities Commission, began trading Monday and closed the week at 40-45 cents on a volume of 61,100 shares. National …

Morrison Petroleums has declared a stock dividend of one common share of Morrison Minerals for each common share held, payable Mar 23 to shareholders of record Mar 20.

Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) March 63.50 62.75 63.45 + 0.55 May 63.45 62.70 63.40 + 0.5…

Construction work on surface facilities continues uninterrupted as underground development nears the Main zone deposit at Granges Exploration’s Tartan Lake project near Flin Flon, Man. The drive into …

Following the completion this month of a $12.4-million share offering by Novamin Inc., the mineral explorer will be essentially debt free and busy with an $8-million exploration program. A large part …

Many of the roughly 2,000 delegates came to last week’s Prospectors and Developers convention seeking relief from their fear that flow-through share funding for mineral exploration is doomed. They had…

Consolidated Professor Mines reports early results from drilling at its Duport gold property at Shoal Lake, Ont., include some “excellent” intersections from deep surface holes. The holes, the company…

A $3-million private placement of shares and warrants with institutional investors in Europe will fund the final push at Augmitto Explorations’ gold property located five miles south of here. Arranged…

A drill program with two machines is under way at Tandem Resources’ Moss Lake project, about 70 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont., says President Stanley G. Hawkins. The drill program is from the ice of…

Lacana Mining looks to be moving rapidly into the major leagues amongst gold producers in Canada. For starters, the company has concluded a $150 million deal with Royex Gold Mining Corp., which will g…