Vancouver Stock Exchange (April 06, 1992)
Both the VSE resource and composite indices recorded gains during the period ended March 31. The composite index added 11.64 points to close at 665.36, while the resource index finished at 556.27, up …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Montreal Exchange (April 06, 1992)
The announcement of the discovery of a new gold-bearing zone at the old Siscoe mine property near Val d’Or, Que., propelled Aurochs Mining Exploration to near the top of the active list during the wee…
N.W.T. shipping study under way (April 06, 1992)
The Northwest Territories has taken another step towards establishing a shipping operation from Coronation Gulf on the Arctic coast by awarding The Canarctic Shipping Company a contract to complete a …
GUEST COLUMN (April 06, 1992)
The Mineral Policy Sector (MPS) of Energy Mines and Resources Canada (EMR) is well known in the mineral industry. At the Centre for Resource Studies (CRS), we have been especially dependent on the MPS…
Rio Algom increases stake in St. Philips with options
Pursuant to an agreement signed in early 1991, Rio Algom (TSE) recently purchased an additional 296,942 shares of St. Philips Resources (VSE). The purchase, comprised of 259,286 deferred options exerc…
Infrastructure biggest challenge for Izok Lake
A fleet of Siberian icebreakers could provide the key to economic development of the Izok Lake zinc-copper deposit, one of four projects that Metall Mining (TSE) expects to bring into production in th…
On the level (March 30, 1992)
CANADA PARDON — HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL, on the recommendation of the National Parole Board, is pleased hereby to grant to Viola Rita MacMillan, nee Viola Rita Huggard, a pardo…
Toronto Stock Exchange (March 30, 1992)
Aber Resources President Grenville Thomas and associates Christopher Jennings and Robert Gannicott set out during the week ended March 24 to prove that diamond exploration is more than just the flavor…
NEWS ROUNDUP (March 30, 1992)
Rio Algom (TSE) has agreed to option Key Anacon Mines’ (TSE) base metal prospect in northern New Brunswick. Under the agreement, Rio must spend $10 million on exploration over five years in order to e…
Industry job trend in decline
The employment decline in Canadian mineral industries which began in 1990 continued in 1991. Reductions brought direct employment in mining and primary metals to 138,343, down 5% from 1990 and the low…
RICHES TO RAGS: — Despite his remarkable gold find, Sam Napier
The two men stealthily filled the hole and pulled their crude plank table over the spot. Then they shuffled about on the tent’s earthen floor in an attempt to wipe out all evidence of their midnight e…
Minnova to fund Pend Oreille
By spending $500,000 on exploration and development at the Pend Oreille lead-zinc project in Washington within the year, Minnova (TSE) will be granted the exclusive option to acquire Kerr Addison Mine…