Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) will issue shares to Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-A) in exchange for the latter’s 4.9% interest in Nuinsco’s Rainy River property, near Fort Frances, Ont.Subject to th…

Five holes are now complete at the Berthiaume property, north of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que., and all have intersected sulphide mineralization.The prospect was discovered by the Berthiaume syndicate, co…

Gratien Gelinas appointed president.

The mood was upbeat at the annual general meeting of the Alaska Miners Association, held here recently — and little wonder: Exploration and development expenditures in the state reached a new high in…

Exploration by Gitennes Explorations (GIT-A) on its Virgen property in central Peru has encountered strong gold mineralization.Channel samples from the surface, along the northern and eastern extensio…

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A conference on the future of the titanium dioxide industry will be held April 29-30, 1997, at the Stanley Park Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.Entitled “TiO2 ’97 — A View to 2000,” the conference is aimed a…

Toronto-based Sherritt International (S-T) has entered into an underwriting agreement for the issuance and sale of $300 million worth of 6%, 10-year, convertible, unsecured, subordinated debentures.Th…

Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) and HDRK Mining Research are the joint recipients of the 1996 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine for inventing an instrument used to detect loose rock in mines.In tests, th…

Rio Algom has donated $200,000 to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elliot Lake, Ont., for the creation of a palliative care trust named in honor of Lawrie Reinertson, the company’s former president who died o…

The bulk sampling program at the Blina project of Kimberley Diamond (KDC-V) has yielded 42 diamonds thus far.The project is situated in West Kimberley, South Africa.Kimberley recovered one stone weigh…

Saskatoon-based Shore Gold (SGF-A) has recovered diamonds from two kimberlite pipes at its 75%-owned Fort la Corne property in Saskatchewan.Four geophysical targets were subjected to a total of five d…