Meetings (October 04, 1999)
Oct 4 Raider Oct 5 American Gem Oct 5 Rex Diamond Oct 5 Sunstate Oct 5 Timpete Oct 6 Banks Ventures Oct 6 Clearview Oct 6 Tapestry Oct 7 Mighty Beaut Oct 7 United States Expl. Oct 8 Big Valley Oct 12 …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
NAME CHANGE (October 04, 1999)
Patricia Mines (PAT-V) has changed its name to Patricia Mining (PAT-V) on a 1-new-for-5-old-share basis.
Third-party bid foils Asarco-Cyprus merger — Grupo Mexico offers to buy up Asarco shares
The bid by Asarco (AR-N) and Cyprus Amax Minerals (CYM-N) to create the world’s largest publicly traded copper company is being challenged not only by Phelps Dodge (PD-N), in the form of a high…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Rio Tinto drills Aguila
London-based Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has completed four holes totalling 1,242 metres on MacMillan Gold’s (MMG-T) Aguila Pit concession in north-central Peru. The program was designed to test an area where p…
Manhattan funds work at Tambo Grande
Having completed a first phase of exploration at the Tambo Grande polymetallic project in northern Peru, Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) is gearing up for a second round of drilling.The company has entered…
Tiberon tests Ruby property
Calgary-based Tiberon Minerals (TBR-A) has intersected silver mineralization on its Ruby property in the southern Yukon.The 4-hole program tested the downdip extensions of high-grade silver mineraliza…
NEW HORIZONS — Silver replaces antibiotics
A combination of a new silver chloride solution with anti-microbial characteristics and inert metals is being used in the manufacture of catheters, internal feeding tubes, dental prostheses, sutures a…
GUEST COLUMN — BC’s land planning problems
The tremendous mineral wealth of British Columbia is part of our rich natural heritage, and we all have a right to share in the benefits of its responsible development, including an increased standard…
Turning the corner? — Central banks see the light
Good news has come so rarely to the gold market in the past six years that any good news is big. And the news from the recent meetings of the International Monetary Fund is unquestionably good for gol…
PEOPLE — Pincock Allen & Holt (October 04, 1999)
R.T. McKnight appointed vp Canadian operations; Alva Kuestermeyer appointed director of New York operations.
PEOPLE — Nevada Pacific (October 04, 1999)
Joseph Kajszo appointed president.
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — Altoro seeks platinum in Brazil
Junior Altoro Gold (ATG-V) has begun exploring the Pedra Branca platinum-palladium project in the grasslands of Ceara state in northeastern Brazil.The company is searching for shallow platinum-palladi…