Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The government of British Columbia has agreed to purchase $55 milli on in Cominco preferred shares which will enable the company to replace its obsolete lead smelter at Trail, B.C. Cominco already has…

A dissident group of shareholders has served notice of a meeting in order to elect new directors to the board of Macdonald Mines, the company says. The dissident group represents 10% of the shareholde…

United Kingdom Energy reports line-cutting and field surveys have been completed on its McArthur Twp. property, located three townships south of Tisdale Twp. in northern Ontario. Anomalous areas have …

Initial results from a 25,000-ft first-phase drill program at Omni Resources’ Skukum Creek property south of Whitehorse have been impressive with both high grade gold and silver values reported. The p…

Drilling has resumed on the Uchi Lake properties held by Orofino Resources. Located in northwestern Ontario, the two properties are being tested by a 5,000-ft drilling program. On the Jackson-Manion p…

Wednesday close, August 27 Total volume of shares traded in Calgary this week was 5,547,800. Ontex Resources of Toronto, which this week saw courtroom opponent Metalore Resources file its counter-suit…

Mines Management (mgt-t, mgn-x) has outlined an economic mine plan for its Montanore silver-copper project, but questions remain about getting the project permitted.The large underground project is in the Cabinet Mountains wilderness area of…

Rob McEwen’s goal of having US Gold (UXG-T, UXG-N) included in the S&P 500 index within four years may seem like a tall order to some, but the industry veteran may just be able to pull it off.

Rio Tinto (rio-n, rio-l) wants more coal: the major has offered A$3.9 billion for Riversdale Mining (riv-a), an Australian coal company with one mine in operation, one in construction, and one primed for development. Speculation of a takeover…

An agreement has been reached between Alberta-listed Troymin Resources and Tricentrol Oils, both of Calgary, to purchase an approximate 9.5% working interest in a gold deposit in the Chibougamau area …

Wednesday close, August 27 Prices on Vancouver have firmed somewhat which is not surprising given the fact gold has managed to hold onto some of its recent gains. The Vancouver market is heavily biase…

A preliminary exploration program is under way on the Black Twp., Ont., gold property controlled by Newjay Resources. The 268-claim property, near Kirkland Lake, is being surveyed by geophysical instr…