Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Lawrence Roulston appointed vice-president of finance and administration.

Ralph Noyes elected president; Cheryl Maher appointed vice-president of finance and controller.

America has a lot of flakes, especially of the gold variety. The country also holds its share of gold nuggets and dust, and, each year, prospectors and miners search for these forms of the yellow meta…

Drilling has enabled Zappa Resources (ZPA-V) to extend the favorable massive sulphide lens at the Ecuadorean concession known as La Plata, where Cambior (CBJ-T) is carrying out an exploration program….

Gordon Keevil and Doug Williamson appointed directors.

John Carrington appointed president, director and chief operating officer.

Eira Thomas appointed vice-president of exploration; Alan Bayless appointed vice-president of investor relations.

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Feb.3/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium938,475(-18,250)Copper200,500(+34,850)Lead111,425(-2,300)Nickel47,…

At the NWT Diamonds project near Lac de Gras, the richer Sable pipe has replaced the Leslie pipe as a target of mining.A 1,096-tonne sample from the Sable pipe returned 1,070.3 carats, for a grade of …

Junior Fairstar Explorations (FFR-M) has begun exploring two of its gold properties in Ghana.At the previously unexplored Abuakwa property, the company is preparing a grid for upcoming soil and ground…

Three additional kimberlitic-textured bodies have been discovered in the Buffalo Hills area of north-central Alberta, bringing the total to five.Partners Ashton Mining of Canada (RCA-T) and Pure Gold …

Vancouver-based Asia Minerals (AMP-A) has signed a letter-of-intent agreement to explore the Aurora property on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.The 88,000-ha land package, which covers seven ex…