Toronto Stock Exchange Indices (January 29, 1996)
1996 Jan 23Jan 22Jan 19Jan 18Jan 17HighLowComposite”300″4847.624848.984821.064798.124773.004871.873983.34Metals&Minerals4917.584881.664852.994810.714729.665276.123273.56Integrated…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Granduc and Black Hawk consolidate land package near Lynn Lake camp
The Keystone joint venture has acquired the remaining interest in the Wasekwan Belt property, near its producing Burnt Timber mine, southeast of Lynn Lake, Man.Minority holders Trans America Industrie…
Black Pearl set to drill Voisey A.
Once permits are in hand, Black Pearl Minerals (CDN) and Hebron Fjord Resources (ME) will drill their Voisey A property in Labrador.Hebron Fjord has a 60% undivided interest in Black Pearl’s propertie…
Namco recovers diamonds in Luderitz
Following an encouraging bulk-sampling project at Hottentots Bay, off the coast of Namibia, Namco (VSE) continues to experience good fortune. At Luderitz, 215 diamonds were recovered recently from a s…
NEWS IN BRIEF (January 22, 1996)
Jazzman Ventures (IJV:VSE) and Oro Belle Resources (ORS:VSE) have amalgamated. The new company name will remain Oro Belle Resources (ORS:VSE).
Royal Oak boosts Timmins resource
A year of drilling by Royal Oak Mines (TSE) has elevated the preliminary resource at the Night Hawk Lake properties to 1.4 million oz. gold.The properties, which cover a 46-sq.-km area straddling the …
Canyon completes financing for Briggs
Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) has received all major permits and secured financing for its Briggs gold mine in southeastern California.The company raised US$44 million to finance mine construction and rec…
Forum to explore land use issues
Land use and entitlement will be the focus of a national forum on resource development and management on First Nation territories, scheduled for April 14-17 in Calgary.The forum, to be chaired by Chie…
OBITUARY — Louis Philip Eckman
Louis Philip (Phil) Eckman, a Winnipeg-born mining engineer, has died. He was 77.Mr. Eckman graduated from geology at the University of Manitoba in 1938 and from mining engineering at Queen’s Universi…
Bre-X says Busang may hold 30 million oz.
Continued drilling by Bre-X Minerals (ASE) on its 90%-owned Southeast zone at the Busang gold project has prompted a company official to speculate the property may hold more gold than originally thoug…
Alaskan conference highlights Klondike
The centenary of the discovery of the Klondike gold fields in the Yukon will be celebrated during the 15th Biennial Conference on Alaskan Mining in Fairbanks.The conference, entitled “Mining in the No…
Experts highlight emerging trends at Copper College
A team of professionals will shed light on copper markets at Copper College ’96, a symposium scheduled for Feb. 27-March 3 in Scottsdale, Ariz.The experts have been assembled by the American Copper Co…