Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Randy Turner appointed director.

Hari Varshney, Praveen Varshney and Raj Chowdhry appointed directors.

Lawrence Barr appointed director.

Anthony Cohen appointed president and director; Diane Travnik appointed director.

Exploration is scheduled to begin on Allegheny Mines’ (ASE) 47-claim Atiko-Sapawe Gold Mines property, 20 miles east of Atikokan, Ont., in 1993. Working with a new structural interpretation of the pro…

Starmin Mining (TSE) announced completion of a private placement, subject to regulatory and other approval, to an Alberta subscriber consisting of a minimum of 326,078 units and a maximum of 652,174 u…

In early 1992, after four years of negotiations, Falconbridge signed an agreement with the Ontario government which permits exploration to occur on the old Kam Kotia mine property near Timmins, Ont. T…

A drilling program to confirm the source of mineralized boulders at the Sagar-III gold-uranium property in the Labrador trough area of Quebec should start in January, Virginia Gold Mines (ME) says. An…

Ownership of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSE) continues to shift more and more to the general public. The Saskatoon-based company said Saskatchewan’s interest in the potash producer is dropping to a…

Consulting firm Pincock, Allen & Holt of Colorado was recently awarded a contract to design a restructuring program for Bolivian state-owned mining company COMIBOL. An earlier story (T.N.M., Dec. 7/92…

The vice-chairman of Echo Bay Mines (TSE), John Zigarlick, has retired after 24 years with the gold-silver producer. Zigarlick, president of Echo Bay from 1977 to 1991, was named Mining Man of the Yea…

British Columbia Labour Minister Moe Sihota is warning that violence could break out in the province’s East Kootenay district if Fording Coal hires Albertans to fill jobs formerly held by Elk Valley r…