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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Mazarin shifts focus back to industrial minerals
The weak Asian economy and low gold prices have led management of Mazarin (MAZ-T) to withdraw from gold exploration in order to refocus on the company’s industrial mineral operations in Quebec.Two yea…
PEOPLE – CALLIOPE (January 12, 1998)
Graeme Walker appointed vp and CFO.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Resource reporting should be clarified from the top
This is the time of year when executives and boards present their annual reports to shareholders. This year’s reports will be the first drafted since the Bre-X Minerals bubble burst.How will companies…
PEOPLE — MEGASTAR (January 12, 1998)
John L. Gray appointed vp corporate development.
PEOPLE — MANSFIELD
Patrick J. Burns appointed vp exploration.
Greenstone launches second program at Hemco
Impressed by results from a first phase of exploration on its Hemco gold concession in northeast Nicaragua, Greenstone Resources (GRE-t) plans to begin second phase shortly.The exploration program, wh…
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PEOPLE – GFM
Michael Watzky appointed director.
PEOPLE — FORT POINT
William MacPherson appointed director.
PEOPLE – CONQUISTADOR
Raul Madrid appointed chairman and CEO.
Cobre advised to reject Phelps Dodge
Financial advisors to Cobre Mining have recommended that the takeover bid by Phelps Dodge (PD-N) be rejected.A special committee of Cobre board members has rejected the bid on the financial advice of …