Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based Tri Origin Exploration (TSE) has intersected a 23-metre interval of massive and disseminated sulphides on its Lewis Ponds project in Australia. Hole TLPD-6, designed to test the depth po…

A newly negotiated Canada-Quebec Agreement on Mineral Development will pump $100 million into Quebec’s mining industry during the next five years. Ottawa and Quebec will each put up half of that total…

A 49% interest in the large copper-uranium Olympic Dam mine in Australia has been sold, pending regulatory approval, to Minorco of South Africa for US$456 million by British Petroleum Co. The other 51…

A letter of intent allowing Madeleine Mines (TSE) to acquire the remaining 50% interest in the Lac des Iles palladium-platinum project from the Sheridan Platinum Group has been terminated. The Sherida…

In the annotation to Arvi Parbo’s excellent acceptance speech for the Georg Agricola medal (T.N.M., Oct.12/92), you say that the award ceremony took place in Salzburg, Germany. The city of Salzburg is…

Rene Latiolais elected chairman of the board.

At this point, the future of the nuclear power industry remains largely in doubt. The gloomy predictions about global warming have done little to convince politicians and the public of the benefits of…

Stewart Jackson appointed director.

Queen’s University will host an international congress in Kingston, Ont., Aug. 23-26 to commemorate the establishment of its century-old School of Mines. Experts from North America, South Africa and A…

At the recent Northwest Mining Association conference held here, Amax Gold was the overall winner in the financial report competition. American Barrick Resources was honored for best annual report, Di…

Ontario’s First Gold Rush: Eldorado, by Gerry Boyce. Published by Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. P.O. Box 95, Station O, Toronto, Ont. M4A 2M8. Few people realize that Ontario’s first gold rush…

Robert Turner appointed vice-president, mineral processing for Venezuela.