Newmont, SW Gold ink Peruvian deal
Newmont Gold (NGC-N) will join Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) in the search for gold deposits in southern Peru.Newmont can earn a half-interest in Southwestern’s Puno project by spending US$1.5 million ove…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Orvana aims to double Pederson resource — Potentially large target attracts attention of BHP
After a hiatus of more than a year, Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) is preparing to resume drilling at the Pederson project in the central Altiplano region of western Bolivia.Reflecting a renewed interest in …
Partners expand Chocolate Reef
An independent resource calculation has increased by 31% the size of the Chocolate Reef gold deposit in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria Gold district.Chocolate Reef is situated on the Kahama property, which …
Scoping study points to Camsell Lake’s potential
Preliminary results of a scoping study of the NW Snap Lake kimberlite dyke at the Camsell Lake property in the Northwest Territories suggest that the potential economics of the project are strong.Wins…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Getting the house in order
In 1925, I was finishing a job for Longyear in West Virginia and, at the same time, looking for work in Canada.A.D. Wentworth, a Boston mining engineer, offered me a job at what was known as the W.A.D…
PEOPLE — Latitude
John Carden appointed president and director; Donald Ranta appointed director.
PEOPLE — Bolivar Goldfields (October 12, 1998)
Juan Francisco Clerico appointed director.
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — INSIDER TRADING — Vengold adorns execs with options
Vancouver-based Vengold (VEN-T) granted three officers and five directors a total of 2.95 million options in July. The sweetener came just weeks before the company nabbed a further 6.5% interest in th…
The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (October 12, 1998)
102.26 (Sept 30/98 = 100)For an explanation of these new indices, see The Northern Miner’s Mining Indices…
GOLD FUNDS (October 12, 1998)
Gold Funds as of October 1, 1998BGRCentralNet Value$14.026.27Price$12.00$…
SPOT PRICES (October 12, 1998)
Wednesday October 7, 1998Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$298.85+$4.75Silver*$ 5.13…
Careers (October 12, 1998)
Gold Fields LimitedGold Fields Ghana, a subsidiary of Gold Fields Limited, which is one of the largest gold producers in the world, has achieved full production at 300000 tons ore per month in the pla…