PEOPLE — Galleria (July 19, 1999)
Gerard Edwards appointed director.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
PEOPLE — Dickstone
Daniel Ziehlke appointed president and director; Thomas Frohlinger appointed secretary-treasurer and director; P.J. Chornoby and S.M. Francis appointed directors.
SUPPLIERS NEWS ROUNDUP — Kvaerner wins expansion contract
The engineering and construction arm of Kvaerner has been awarded a US$1.5-million contract to expand the Pirdop copper smelter in Bulgaria.The company will increase anode copper production at the sme…
Kennecott eyes Alaskan properties
Kennecott Canada Exploration has signed separate deals with NovaGold Resources (NRI-T) to earn majority interests in the Caribouand Anvil Creek gold projects in Alaska’s Fairbanks and Nome districts, …
Romarco hits high-grade at Red Rock
Drilling by Romarco Minerals (R-T) continues to intersect high-grade gold mineralization at the Red Rock property in western Nevada.Thirteen angle holes drilled into the discovery area extended known …
SUPPLIERS NEWS ROUNDUP — El-Equip to supply system to Chinese mine
Sudbury, Ont.-based El-Equip has won a tender to provide an underground communications system to the Jinning No. 3 coal mine in China.With production of 5 million tonnes of coal per year and a life ex…
OBITUARY — Armand Beaudoin
Armand Beaudoin, who played a major role as a vendor in the Indonesian staking rush following the gold “discovery” of Bre-X Minerals in the mid-1990s, has died.His career as a prospector began in nort…
OBITUARIES — Joseph Perkin
Joseph Perkin, who participated in almost every major staking rush in Canada, has died. He was 97.Born in Winnipeg, Man., in 1902, Perkin was introduced to prospecting by his stepfather. One of Perkin…
OBITUARIES — John Gordon Strasser
John Gordon Strasser, president of Nugget Resources, has died. He was 70.Strasser was born in Hamilton, Ont., in 1928. He obtained a diploma from the Provincial Institute of Mining in Haileybury, Ont….
TSE INDICES (July 19, 1999)
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DIAMOND PAGE — Global sells first parcel
Global Diamond Resources (GDRS-O) has sold its first parcel of diamonds from test mining at the Grasdrif alluvial operation in South Africa.The California-based company received US$727 per carat for t…
PEOPLE — Mountain-West
Douglas Chan appointed director.