Aurora Gold fights Tomorrow
Vancouver — Rio Tinto’s (RTP-N) sale of a 14.9% stake in Aurora Gold has paved the way for an Australian-based ven…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Walker Lane set for September drilling
Vancouver — With an airborne geophysical survey now complete over the 165-sq.-km Crystal diamond property in Manit…
Lonmin rules out Ashanti merger
British-based platinum producer Lonmin says it has ruled out the possibility of a merger with Ashanti Goldfields (A…
Crown defaults on debentures (August 27, 2001)
Denver — Financially beleaguered Crown Resources (CRRS-O) says it will not make its final US$15.4-million payment,…
Coal sales help MIM
Vancouver — Yet another miner to see the benefits of a diversified portfolio, Australian-based MIM Holdings report…
Trading Summary (August 27, 2001)
The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index gained 32.24 points, closing at 7,662.2 on Monday. Leading the way w…
New era for Canada’s North Roads to resources
It has been talked about for decades, but until recently, plans to build a road connecting a mineral-rich portion of Canada’s North to a port on the Arctic coast haven’t left the drawing board. That m…
PEOPLE (August 27, 2001)
Black Bull — George Cooper appointed director.Candor — Terrence Fisher appointed chairman; Paul Chamois appointed president and director; Patrick Reid appointed secretary and director.Elkhorn Gol…
Silver Standard hits high-grade silver
Vancouver — Junior Silver Standard Resources has cut a thick sequence of silver mineralization at its wholly owned Bowdens deposit in New South Wales, 200 km northwest of Sydney.The high-grade inters…
Alan Coope
Alan Coope, founder of the Ottawa-based Association of Exploration Geochemists and former director of geochemistry for Newmont Mining, has died. He was 66.Coope received his doctorate degree in applie…
Life signs for base metals
During the report period Aug. 13-17, the base metals complex put in its strongest performance since late May, which suggests that the long downtrend in prices may be turning at last.Because the bulk o…
Canadian Arrow has quite a history
I searched the Internet for information about shares in a mine called Golden Arrow Mines Limited. My father lived in New York when he was a kid. He got some shares in this company from his mother befo…