Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based Starmin Mining (TSE) says it has negotiated an agency agreement with Yorkton Securities for a private placement of 312,500 special warrants at 72 cents per warrant, on a best efforts bas…

As the bigger companies downsize their exploration efforts in North America, the emphasis on Mexico has mushroomed to the point where there are now at least 74 Canadian and a handful of U.S. firms con…

We don’t want to see mining become a sunset industry,” British Columbia Premier Michael Harcourt told an industry audience during Mining Week ’92, a recent symposium sponsored by the province’s Mining…

Gregory Exploration Ltd. (GEL:ASE) has changed its name to Global Mineral & Chemical Ltd. with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-1-old-share basis. The transfer agent is National Trust.

Calgary-based Troymin Resources (ASE) says it will focus its exploration efforts on the Lac de Gras diamond play in the Northwest Territories this year. Troymin holds a 20% interest in about 96,000 ac…

McFinley Red Lake Mines (TSE) expects to solve some of its recent troubles by optioning its 30-claim Bateman Twp. gold project near Red Lake, Ont., to Placer Dome (TSE). The two companies have signed …

Shareholders of both Equinox Resources (TSE) and Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) recently approved the merger of the two companies leaving Equinox the surviving entity. The companies expect to complete the…

Osborne and Chappel Goldfields (TSE) says it will proceed with previously announced private placement by issuing 1.5 million common shares at a price of 10 cents per share. The company will also issue…

A story on the deep drilling Kola project in the former Soviet Union near the Norwegian border (T.N.M., Dec. 23/91) identified the U.S. publication CSD News as the source of the information. Several r…

CYPRUS CANADA — Steven Parry appointed district manager, exploration for eastern Canada. POTASH AND PHOSPHATE INSTITUTE — Robert Connochie elected chairman of the board. CONS. IMPACT RE-SOURCES — F…

Paul McCloskey, chairman of Matachewan Consolidated Mines, died recently in Toronto. He was 77. Born in Cobalt, Ont., McCloskey graduated with a B.Sc. from Michigan College of Mining and Technology in…

Gold issues took a beating during the week ended March 17, as concern over the situation in South Africa helped drive the price of the yellow metal down US$9 per oz. to US$340, its lowest level since …