PEOPLE PBX RESOURCES
Victor Bradley appointed chairman and director; Gerald Rafetdeder appointed president and director; John Rochard appointed vice-president and director; Manfred Dubsky appointed vice-president, Europea…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
PEOPLE RINSEY MINES
Arthur Halleran elected director and secretary succeeding Carl Schepannek who resigned.
PEOPLE QUATTRO RESOURCES (May 13, 1991)
Gerald Appel appointed secretary succeeding Steven Rosner who resigned.
Echo Bay develops historic gold producer
Like most projects being explored or developed in the Juneau gold belt of southeast Alaska, the Kensington gold project has historical roots going back before the turn of the century. At that time pro…
Strike ends at Brunswick as union accepts contract offer
The long strike at Brunswick Mining & Smelting’s (TSE) lead-zinc mine smelter operations in New Brunswick ended recently when employees voted to accept a new 43-month wage contract. Representatives of…
EDITORIAL PAGE Quebec’s faint support is welcome
If Quebec had announced its 1991-92 budget a few weeks ago, it would have been damned as irresponsibly extravagant. Finance Minister Gerard Levesque would be pilloried for projecting a deficit this ye…
Premier example of new challenges facing B.C. mining
Operating in northern regions presents economic and environmental challenges to British Columbia’s mining industry. Companies are wrestling with the logistics of transportation and commodity movement,…
Commodity index rises slightly (May 13, 1991)
Metals and minerals prices levelled off after dropping for months and the all-commodity price index of Scotiabank rose slightly in March after five straight monthly drops. Both the metals and minerals…
IOCC GOLD OPTIONS (May 13, 1991)
Options Open Series Volume Last Interest Aug 370 C 2 7.00 3 May 390 P 10 6.30 140 …
PROFILE Robert Stairs showcases New Brunswick’s deposits
Throughout Canada, few mineral deposits were successfully developed in the past two years. New Brunswick’s Bathurst camp, however, boasts two profitable new mines. Since they started or resumed operat…
Westmin Myra Falls drilling hits massive sulphides
Recent drilling by Westmin Resources (TSE) at its Myra Falls operation near Campbell River, B.C., returned a massive sulphide intersection in a gap area between the Ridge and H-W zones. The Myra Falls…
Big Creek drilling
A 10,000-ft. drill program will begin in late May on the Nucleus-Revenue porphyry copper-gold prospect in south-central Yukon. This prospect is one of at least two porphyry targets within the 15-mile-…