Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Legal action has been commenced against Richard Homburg, The Halifax Herald Ltd. and others claiming general damages for libel and slander, and special and punitive damages, TAP Capital (TSE) said. TA…

“It is very fashionable today for investment people to call themselves contrarian. . . . It is our opinion that the term `contrarian’ is presently overused and misunderstood. While we might fancy ours…

A recent property deal with Trev (ASE) gives Golden Ring Resources (VSE), a junior in the Prime Equities group, a new focus in central Jamaica. Golden Ring can acquire a 100% interest in the 43-sq.-mi…

The possibility of a nuclear reactor being built in Sas-katchewan will be examined by provincial utility SaskPower Corp. and federal agency Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL). The province and Ottawa…

A senior public outfit recently intersected 94 metres of massive sulphides grading an average 6% zinc and 1.5% copper. Other intercepts were just as thick and just as rich. Ordinarily that would be ma…

Sparked by a lack of industrial demand and new automotive technology, the steady decline in the price of platinum finally caught up with Pat Sheridan during the week ended Oct. 1. Strapped for cash an…

Toronto-based Noble Peak Resources topped the most active list for the week ended Oct. 2 with a single block trade. The block, which represents the last of the company’s flow-through shares, was bough…

Sikaman Gold Resources (TSE) will seek approval from debenture holders at a meeting Nov. 15 to decrease the conversion price of its $6.1-million convertible debenture to 50 cents per share from $3.50 …

Cal Graphite (VSE) plans to sell, subject to regulatory approval, a private placement of up to 330,000 units, each unit priced at $4 and consisting of one share and one warrant to purchase one-quarter…

The fluctuating price of Metalore Resources (TSE) shares recently presented director Christopher Brown with an opportunity to profit. According to Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, Brown b…

From computer chips to compact disk players, from solar cells in satellites to the phased-array radar systems which operated during the Persian Gulf War, gallium plays a key role in many areas of toda…

Two members of the department of geological sciences at McGill University in Montreal were selected as the 1991 winners of the Julian Boldy award. The paper, by Timothy Barrett and Sergio Cattalani ti…