Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The fourth International Conference on Mineral Exploration, held every 10 years, is scheduled for Sept. 14-18, 1997, at Toronto’s Metropolitan Convention Centre.The conference will focus on advances i…

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Although still subject to a definitive agreement, Newmont Gold (NYSE) and Japanese-based Sumitomo plan to develop jointly the Batu Hijau copper-gold porphyry deposit on the Indonesian island of Sumbaw…

Following a definitive agreement from the controlling shareholders of Eastern Goldfields Holdings, Noble Peak Resources (ASE) is poised to acquire all shares of the private, British Virgin Islands-bas…

Gold Funds as of March 21, 1996BGRCentralNet Value$23.04$6.83Price$19.00$7.000Discount17.53%2.5%Value$180,132,000$126,695,100…

Drill logs and partial assays from the Pekan River property in Quebec are lending encouragement to Diadem Resources (ME).The results show that the four holes drilled on the property, 60 km south of Wa…

The U.S. federal government is taking four mining companies to court over alleged environmental damage in the historic Coeur d’Alene mining district of northern Idaho.Asarco (NYSE), Sunshine Mining an…

With the exception of the Glenbrook nickel operation in Oregon, all of Cominco’s (TSE) operations made money in 1995.Total operating profit for the year was $302 million, almost double the $172 millio…

Placer Dome (TSE) continues to drill its Fault Lake property and other western extensions of its Detour Lake gold deposit, 220 km northeast of Timmins, Ont.The property has been optioned from Pelangio…

New attendance records were set when more than 4,600 mining professionals gathered at the Phoenix Civic Plaza for the 1996 annual meeting and exhibition of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Explo…

ADIKANN — Barry Coughlan elected director.ALPINE EXPL. — Douglas MacQuarrie appointed director.AMERICAN BULLION — John Heathcote appointed director.BARD SILVER & GOLD — Eugene Beukman appointed di…

Following an agreement in principle, Gem River (ASE) will acquire Jean Boulle’s 100% interest in Maine Resources.The deal will see Boulle, co-chairman of Diamond Fields Resources (TSE), receive 500,00…