EDITORIAL PAGE — The charisma factor
It’s surprising that few, if any, commentators on the Canadian political scene have not opined that perhaps the media itself is at least partially responsible for the woefully low turnout of candidate…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
COMMENTARY — `Smart’ vehicles count on copper
The use of copper and copper alloys in North American vehicles has risen sharply in the past decade. The amount of copper in the average vehicle increased to 51 lb. in 1991 from about 36 lb. in 1980, …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Time to start fighting back
Your remarks in the editorial “Hug a miner”(T.N.M., Apr. 5/93) pertaining to the Whitehorse Initiative struck me as being a direct quote from my comment to the president of the Prospectors and Develop…
Diamond Fields springs to life
A new company with connections to Vancouver promoter Robert Friedland has been formed to acquire diamond properties around the globe. Diamond Fields Resources (VSE), formerly Rutherford Ventures, rece…
Moneta drilling intersects base metals near Timmins
A recent drill hole by Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSE) on its Godfrey Twp. property near Timmins, Ont., has returned three metres of 10% zinc at a vertical depth of 107 metres. The hole was drilled to fo…
Metal Prices (April 19, 1993)
FREE MARKET London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Apr. 13 Apr. 12 Apr. 9 Apr. 8 Apr. 7 Copper 1305-1306 N/A N/A 1305-1306 …
FMC Gold expanding its exploration efforts
With cash overflowing in its coffers, and reserves almost depleted at the Paradise Peak mine in Nevada, FMC Gold (NYSE) is expanding exploration to find additional deposits. The exploration budget for…
Crown Butte permitting milestone
An important permitting milestone was recently marked by Crown Butte Resources (TSE), the environmentally progressive owner of the New World copper-gold-silver project in Montana. The company reports …
B.C. government ponders next Windy Craggy move
Mines Minister Anne Edwards said the British Columbia government will soon announce “where we go next”on the land-use controversy surrounding the Windy Craggy project in northwestern British Columbia….
NEWS ROUNDUP — New life for Belmoral
Alberta private company Geopetrol Resources has been granted an option by Aur Resources (TSE) to purchase the debt (at least $4.5 million) of Belmoral Mines (TSE) owing to Aur. Belmoral would sell its…
BOOKS IN BRIEF — Base metals in Kazakhstan
The Base Metal Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, by Brook Hunt & Associates Ltd., Old Bank House, 11 London Street, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 8AP, U.K. 8,500. The Republic of Kazakh-stan, part of th…
Denison, Total wrap up mine deal
Toronto-based Denison Mines (TSE) has completed negotiations with Total Compagnie Miniere of France and Total Minatco for the complementary development of two uranium properties in Saskatchewan. As a …