Marl acquires Stoughton Staz
An agreement with Battle Mountain Canada (BMC-T) sets the stage for Marl Resources (MOC-A) to earn up to a 50% interest in the Stoughton Staz gold prospect in the Harker-Holloway region of eastern Ont…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
TSE Shorts (December 06, 1999)
Short positions outstanding at November 18, 1999Larger individual positions include:Abitibi-Consolidated 2,322,669, down 180,669; Alcan Aluminum 1,544,543, down 139,876; Anderson Exploration…
MEETINGS (December 06, 1999)
Dec 7 Tellis Gold — annual, generalDec 9 Arizuma Silver — specialDec 9 Anglo Minerals — annual, specialDec 13 Itec Mineral — generalDec 14 Maracote I…
EXPLORATION ’99 – NAME CHANGE (November 29, 1999)
Golden Tiger Resources NL (GTS-V) has changed its name to ISP Limited (ISP-V).
EXPLORATION ’99 – Rio Tinto backs junior’s search for gold
A newly consummated “strategic alliance” with a unit of Rio Tinto Mining (RTP-N) will allow Uruguay Goldfields (UGIL-C) to continue exploring gold and base metal targets on its 100,000 ha of concessio…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Glamis Gold advances Guatemalan gold deposit
A 35-hole drill program by Glamis Gold (GLG-N) at the Cerro Blanco project in Guatemala is attempting to prove up a resource of more than 1 million oz. by year-end.Drilling by previous owner Mar-West …
EXPLORATION ’99 – Great Basin seeks Ken Snyder-style deposit
Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) is encouraged by results from an ongoing 50,000-ft. drill program at its wholly owned Ivanhoe property in Nevada.Situated in the Carlin trend, midway between Franco-Nevada Min…
Anooraq aims drills at Bushveld
Anooraq Resources (ARQ-V) is raising $4 million to carry out drilling at the Platreef platinum-palladium property in South Africa.The company stands to earn a maximum of $3.3 million by way of a priva…
Vengold racks up more losses
The third quarter of 1999 was another bad one for Vengold (VEN-T), which lost US$76.4 million (US53 cents per share) on gold sales revenue of US$10.5 million, compared with a loss of US$6.8 million (U…
EXPLORATION ’99 – Eastmain, Bubbee expand holdings
Among the companies hoping to revive New Brunswick’s mining industry are Eastmain Resources (ER-T) and unlisted Bubbee Ventures. The companies recently acquired additional claims in the area to cover …
EXPLORATION ’99 – Mindoro finds gold at Agata property in Philippines
Edmonton-based Mindoro Resources (MIO-A) is enjoying early success from reconnaissance drilling at its Agata gold project on the Philippine island of Mindanao.From 11 diamond drill holes totalling 798…
Meetings (November 29, 1999)
Nov. 30 OrientDec. 3 PinewoodDec. 3 RuxDec. 3 Viking GoldDec. 6 New Venoro GoldDec. 7 Tellis GoldDec. 9 Arizuma SilverDec. 9 Anglo MineralsDec. 13 Itec MineralDec. 14 Maracote Int’lDec. 15 Valerie Gol…