Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A $520,000 underground program will begin mid-May on the SB joint venture near Stewart, B.C. Costs will be shared equally by partners Tenajon Resources (VSE) and Westmin Resources (TSE). In 1991, the …

The Gold Potential of Myanmar (Burma). A Compilation & Assessment of Published Geological Data, by R. Rumbold et Associes, P.O. Box 13, Kingbridge, Devon TQ7 1NS, U.K. More than 60 pages of text. US$3…

Another significant diamond find in the Northwest Territories has removed any remaining doubts about the potential for economic deposits outside the 800,000-acre block held by partners Dia Met Mineral…

Following the purchase earlier this year of a block of ground next to its Bald Mountain property in Nevada, Placer Dome (TSE) plans to buy all the remaining Alligator Ridge assets owned by USMX (NASDA…

Despite a faltering economy and declining metal prices, Noranda Minerals, a unit of Noranda (TSE), performed strongly in 1992. Net earnings of $79 million (10 cents per share) were posted last year, c…

Four holes have been drilled by Focal Resources (ASE) on a metallic mineral lease in northeastern Alberta. Each vertical hole, 50 ft. in length, encountered widespread mineralization. Significant inte…

Carlo Civelli appointed vice-president, finance Europe.

Champlain Charest appointed director.

John Zigarlick, former vice-chairman of Echo Bay Mines, will discuss the challenges of Arctic transportation at an April 30 luncheon here of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum …

The Kori Kollo mine, owned by Inti Raymi, became fully operational in March, reports Battle Mountain Gold (NYSE) of Houston, Tex. Battle Mountain holds an 85% equity interest in Inti Raymi, its Bolivi…

World-renowned geophysicist and educator John Tuzo Wilson died recently in Toronto of a heart attack. He was 84. TWilson, a man of much energy, recently addressed a joint CIM-PDAC luncheon at this yea…

Two groups of people were recently invented and woven into the Canadian social fabric. One such group, “ordinary Canadians,” were discovered in the midst of a national election some years ago by the s…