Bre-X renews CoWs for Indonesian properties
Directors of Bre-X Minerals (ASE) moved to reassure investors following reports in the financial press that cast doubt on the analytical methods the company has used at its Busang project on the Indon…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Ashanti to increase African property portfolio
In an effort to increase its gold production in Africa, Ashanti Goldfields has announced plans to acquire Toronto-listed International Gold Resources (IGR).IGR’s principal asset is the right to acquir…
METALS COMMENTARY — Changes are expected in cost structure of the nickel industry, study says
A recent study by mining and metal consultants Brook Hunt suggests the cost structure of the nickel industry will be “dramatically altered” by the end of the decade when the significance of the Voisey…
AMT raises funds for copper project
Toronto-listed AMT International Mining has closed an initial public offering of 6.5 million units priced at $1 per unit.Each unit consists of one AMT common share and one AMT common share purchase wa…
Arequipa readies for Peruvian drilling
In preparation for drilling at the Pierina gold project in north-central Peru, Arequipa Resources (TSE) has completed the first 1.8 km of a 5-km access road.Meanwhile, underground sampling of a tunnel…
Ashton begins drilling at Cross
Ashton Mining of Canada (TSE) is proceeding with a drilling program on its Cross property, in the southwestern region of the Northwest Territories’ Slave province.Work carried out there in 1995 led to…
NEWS IN BRIEF (April 08, 1996)
Peltech Industries (PLN:VSE) has changed its name to Gold Win Ventures (GWV: VSE) on a 1-new-for-5-old-share basis.
EDITORIAL — Stay tuned
The battle for control of the rich Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt deposit in Labrador has become the business story of the year. Doubtless, many journalists would gladly have traded places with a f…
ODDS’N’SODS — High water and base language
I was employed at New Ontario Machine Works for many years, and it was 1936 when the shop received an urgent telephone call from the Desantis gold mine’s master mechanic, who was sending us the projec…
COMMENTARY — Community relations in P.N.G.
Placer Dome’s Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (P.N.G.) is one of the more socially, politically and technically complex mining operations in the world. Besides the task of winning more than 400 …
Baylis to speak at CIM meeting
The president of Crown Butte Resources will speak at the April 18 luncheon of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum, to be held at the Ontario Club in Toronto.John Baylis, who is al…
Miners and natives meet at forum
Improved relationships among First Nations peoples, resource companies and government were the focus of the recent Mining and Energy Forum, held in Lower Post, B.C.Hosted by the Yukon’s Kaska Dena nat…