PEOPLE — HARNISCHFEGER (CANADA)
Allan McGowan appointed managing director
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Madsen boosts reserves at namesake gold mine
Underground drilling is enabling Madsen Gold (MGF-T) to increase reserves at its Madsen mine in the Red Lake camp of northwestern Ontario.During the fourth quarter of 1996, the company outlined, in th…
Romarco hits high-grade gold
Romarco Minerals (R-T) has hit its hottest hole yet at the Midas gold-silver property in Nevada’s Carlin trend,The company completed six reverse-circulation (RC) holes and two core holes before the pr…
Aneka Tambang gains control of ERI Ventures
Indonesia’s state-owned mining company will acquire a controlling share position in Vancouver-based ERI Ventures (EVI-V). In return, ERI will acquire interests in 13 properties on the island of Java.U…
Palmer Res. sees red in northern Vietnam
Junior Palmer Resources (PMD-V) is targeting widespread, sediment-hosted, stratiform copper mineralization in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang.The company has secured three exploration licence…
PEOPLE — BRADNER RES.
Gary Handley appointed executive vice-president and Michael Sheridan appointed manager of mining and exploration
PEOPLE — BELMONT RES.
Vojtech Agyagos appointed president and director.
PEOPLE — ATTWOOD GOLD (January 27, 1997)
C. Maddin appointed president; Robert Jones appointed director.
Walsh heads list of top Toronto CEOs
David Walsh, chief executive officer of Calgary-based Bre-X Minerals, has been named the top executive of all companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.Compiled by Heidrick & Struggles, a firm th…
Redpath passes safety milestone at Sudbury’s Lockerby base metal mine
Work crews developing the Lockerby nickel-copper-cobalt mine in Sudbury, Ont., have surpassed 300,000 man hours without a lost-time injury.The development program, carried out by J.S. Redpath, involve…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Sampling results disappoint in Arkansas
A low diamond count from the Crater of Diamonds state park in Arkansas means the project may be better suited as a tourist attraction.Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) says the results to date fall shor…
Cristobal in Peru
Cristobal Resources (CTV-M) has begun exploration at one of its 35 newly acquired properties in Peru. Sampling and geophysical surveys are under way at the Anita property near Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) P…