Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A private company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, Barnwell Investments Ltd., has an agreement with Northgate Exploration (TSE) to acquire more than 5.6 million shares of MSV Resources (ME)…

The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame has released the names of 17 nominees eligible for the next induction in Toronto on Jan. 11, 1993. The eight successful nominees will be announced before year-end. The…

Former employees of Westar Mining’s (TSE) Balmer coal mine here in the Canadian Rockies are learning all about uncertainty. To save their jobs in this picturesque town of 5,000, their union, United Mi…

Drilling on the Block 2 deposit at the Kabanga nickel-cobalt prospect owned by Sutton Resources (VSE) returned a number of wide, near-surface intersections confirming the project’s bulk-tonnage potent…

Nickel refiner Sherritt Gordon (TSE) says it will make a public offering of shares and warrants worth $60 million. The offering consists of 7.5 million units priced at $8 per unit. Each unit is made u…

The nine member firms of the Securities Dealers Society of Ontario (SDS) have launched a lawsuit against the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and the OSC’s chief compliance officer, Donald Page, ov…

Once permits are in hand, Valerie Gold (VSE) intends to start an initial 5,000-ft. drill program on its Mega-Gold property in the Taseko River area north of Lillooet, B.C. The program will be funded b…

Following a global search for new prospects by its business development arm, Lac Minerals (TSE) has agreed to acquire all of Chevron’s mineral interests in Ireland for US$70 million. The property port…

Placer Dome (TSE) says the geological resource at the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea has been increased to 130.4 million tons grading 0.14 oz. gold per ton at a cutoff grade of 0.04 oz. gold, 2.7 mi…

Following their failure to receive court approval for a 3-way merger with Rembrandt Gold Mines (ASE), Canarc Resource (VSE) and Suntac Minerals (VSE) plan to proceed with a 2-way merger. As in the pre…

As a promoter of several junior mining companies in Ontario, I have invested my capital and have succeeded in financing exploration programs through Ontario prospectus offerings. The Ontario Securitie…

— Guyana, situated on the northeastern shoulder of South America and that continent’s only English-speaking country, is in the throes of a general election. Voting day is Oct. 5. Elections in Guyana,…