Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Exploration of El Dorado, a gold project in El Salvador, is continuing with a team of four geologists and three drill rigs. Mirage Resources (VSE), Bethlehem Resources (TSE) and Dejour Mines (TSE) are…

Officials of The Toronto Stock Exchange met recently with two high-ranking representatives of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) — Tong Zeng Yin, vice-chairman, and Wang Jian Xi, direc…

A subsidiary of La Teko Resources (VSE) plans to resume exploration and development of its Ryan Lode and True North projects near Fairbanks, Alaska. About 60,000 ft. of drilling is planned in an effor…

Terry Eller elected vice-president, secretary and general counsel.

Rodney Duncan appointed director, president and chief executive officer; Michael Iannacone appointed director and chief financial officer; Jose Furnaguera Castellon, Robert Kendrick, Seven Kerr, Danie…

The annual meeting of Westmin Resources (TSE), held here recently, was anything but ordinary. Much of President Walter Segsworth’s address was punctuated by long bouts of heckling from various members…

Drillers have intersected massive sulphides at the Delestre gold property northeast of Senneterre, Que. A section from one of the four holes cut 1.5 metres grading 3.2 grams gold per tonne at a depth …

A legal dispute involving Rembrandt Gold Mines (ASE) and Canarc Resources (VSE) has been settled. The original lawsuit was brought against Canarc, its directors and certain investors by International …

Montreal-listed KWG Resources intends to acquire two gold properties, Catalago and Limao, in the Tapajos goldfield of Brazil. As well, the company has applied for an additional 500,000 acres in the re…

When the international tin market collapsed in 1985, the Bolivian economy, heavily reliant on tin production, collapsed along with it. More than half the country’s tin mines closed in the following ye…

A draft report of The Toronto Stock Exchange’s Committee on Corporate Governance in Canada is aimed at improving the manner in which corporations are governed. Where Were the Directors?, as the report…

During the past year, gold prices have been on the rise. After falling to US$326 per oz. in March, 1993, they have risen in what may prove to be the beginning of a major cyclical upward move, accordin…