Articles by Northern Miner Staff

At its Marlhill gold project near Timmins, Ont., Pentland Firth Ventures (PFO-T) has intersected gold mineralization over significant widthsThe company drilled several wide, high-grade intersections i…

ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,466.50 per tonne (Aug. 6, 1996), alloy US$1,265 per tonne (Aug. 1, 1996).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,775 per tonne (Aug. 5, 1996).BISMUTH: Composite free mark…

Prime Resources Group (PRU-T) has completed 17 surface drill holes at the Eskay Creek mine property near Stewart, B.C., testing the boundaries of the Northeast Extension (NEX) and Hanging Wall (HW) zo…

Drilling around the San Gregorio gold deposit in northern Uruguay has turned up additional mineralization for Rea Gold (REO-T).The discovery was encountered in the footwall of the Main pit ore zone, o…

The Toronto Geological Discussion Group will hold its annual meeting on Aug. 13.Scheduled for 12 noon in the boardroom of Richardson Greenshields, 130 Adelaide St. W., Suite 1400, the meeting will foc…

An 8-man crew is busy exploring the Hoarfrost diamond project in the Northwest Territories.Chapleau Resources (CHI-V), which is earning a 75% interest in the claims, says crews will sample 160 anomali…

Bulk sampling is under way at the Drybones Bay kimberlite discovery, 50 miles southeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T.A program totalling 3,000 metres of HQ- and NQ-diameter angle drilling is planned by opera…

Vega Explorations (VEGL-C) has changed its name to Verena Minerals Holdings on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis.

Tidal Resources — 4,500,000 Common Shs issuable upon the exercise of Special Wts previously issued @ $1.90 per Special Wt.

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Shareholders of FMC Gold (FGL-N) have approved the company’s reincorporation into Meridian Gold.The company has about 73.5 million shares outstanding.The transaction was completed in early August, whe…

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