Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-listed Consolidated Ramrod Gold is poised to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of San Andreas Resources (VSE). According to an agreement in principle, one common Ramrod share plus one …

Vangold Resources (VN: VSE) has changed its name to Pacific Vangold Mines (PVM: VSE) on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.

Denver-based Crown Resources (TSE) plans to list its 85.7%-owned subsidiary, Solitario Resources, on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company filed a preliminary prospectus for an initial public offeri…

Developing countries produced 127.8 million tonnes of crude steel in 1993, up 9% from 1992, the International Iron and Steel Institute reports. It was the first year in which global production in thes…

With domestic work for Canadian geoscientists having diminished over recent years, many individuals and companies are being forced to broaden their horizons and search for opportunities outside the co…

Foreign influence on mining in Mexico continues to be felt with the recent openings of new gold mines. Long-time Mexican producers such as Torrez, whose foreign ownership (30%) today belongs to Homest…

With the recent closing of a $24-million financing, the Mt. Hamilton gold project in eastern Nevada is one step closer to production. Rea Gold (TSE) plans to use the net proceeds ($22.8 million) from …

Joint-venture partners Exall Resources (TSE) and American Barrick Resources (TSE) have acquired El Triunfo, a gold project on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula. The project, which is contiguous w…

By the year 2000, the Caribbean and Latin America will provide a market of 600 million persons with purchasing power of US$1 trillion, states a recent issue of CanadaExport. Canadian exports to Latin …

A technical review of the Refugio gold project in Chile is in agreement with the conclusions of the previous feasibility study. The review was carried out by Cypress Amax Minerals (NYSE), the parent o…

Junior Card Lake Resources (CDN) is set to consolidate its shares and change its name. If shareholders approve the move, 10 shares of the company will be exchanged for one share of Franc-Or Resources….

With a new mining law and a geological setting similar to that which hosts most of the major copper and precious metal deposits in northern Chile, Argentina is being touted as South America’s “last mi…