Articles by Northern Miner Staff


New projects for Chile joint venture

As operator of the so-called Chile joint venture, Cominco Resources International (TSE) has arranged options to buy three copper exploration properties in the northern part of that country. The compan…


Westroc Industries

Up to 50 jobs have been saved at the recently closed Nova Gypsum plant in New Brunswick. Westroc Industries, Canada’s leading drywall producer, bought the business, which was placed in receivership la…



Int’l Platinum shares nosedive on TSE findings

The shares of International Platinum Corp. (IPC) plunged 87 cents from its pre-halt high of $1.20 following release of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s findings from an investigation into the company’s Ar…


OBITUARY — Stanley Hoffman

One of Canada’s foremost applied exploration geochemists, Stanley Hoffman, has died in Vancouver from chronic diabetes. He was 47. A native of Montreal, Hoffman graduated in geology from McGill Univer…






Echo Bay pins hopes on Alaskan growth

Denver-based Echo Bay Mines (TSE) has cited three objectives — exploration, acquisition and development of its two major Alaskan projects — as being key to corporate growth. The two Alaskan properti…


Jordex to issue special warrants

Vancouver-based Jordex Resources (TSE) has set the terms of a private placement of 4 million special warrants at $1.30 each. Each special warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one unit consisting…


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