PEOPLE — ELECTRA ENERGY (December 08, 1997)
Paul Watson appointed president and director.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
PEOPLE — AMBREX MINING
Patrick Burns appointed president and CEO.
Environment, juniors topics for next CIM lunch
The international mining scene will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, to be held Thursday, Dec. 11 at Toronto’s Ontario Club…
EDITORIAL — A case for domestic exploration — Home-grown gold
In 1992, gold producers in the U.S. spent more than half their exploration dollars examining prospects in their own backyard. By 1996, as mineral opportunities opened up all over the world, domestic p…
STOCK MARKETS — Takeover talk kick-starts base metals on TSE
Golds still spiralling down in dull market; base metals hit also The Toronto Stock Exchange was a little higher over the trading period Nov.26-Dec. 2, largely on the strength of hefty gains in the pip…
Essex cuts VMS at Bolivian project
Essex Resource (ESX-T) continues to intersect volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralization at its Miguela project in Bolivia.The company has completed 34 drill holes in a program spanning 6,899 metres…
Fairstar, Cyprus Amax size up Discovery
Montreal-based junior Fairstar Explorations (FFR-T) and Cyprus Canada have received a positive prefeasibility study for the Discovery zone in their jointly held Fenelon A gold project on the eastern e…
Franco to drill at Holloway Twp.
Geophysical surveys are complete and Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) will shortly be drilling at the Holloway Twp. property in northeastern Ontario, held in joint venture with Greater Lenora Resources (GE…
Faro mine slated for new lease — Swiss firm to buy lead, zinc in 1998
Short-term financing from Cominco (CLT-T) and a sales agreement with metal merchants Glencore Group should enable Anvil Range Mining (ARO-T) to resume production at the Faro lead-zinc mine in the Yuko…
Teck buys stake in Ventures Resources — Additional financing opens door for more exploration
Teck (TEK-T) has agreed to invest $4.1 million in Ventures Resource (VRS-V) for the exploration of the junior’s Veta property in Alaska.The investment gives Teck the right to select and earn a 60% int…
Barrick to vie for massive Russian deposit?
Russia plans to sell its massive Sukhoi Log gold deposit, described as the largest in the world, early in 1998 in a bid to privatize the project.The tendering process is said to be dominated by two co…
Dachine yields industrial diamonds
Sampling of alluvial material at the Dachine property in French Guiana by Guyanor Ressources (GRL.B-T) and Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) has yielded more than 5,000 diamonds.From three creeks, the par…