Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Mining services

The mining consulting firm of Derry, Michener, Booth & Wahl may have dissolved its partnership practice toward the end of 1990, but its Mining House division of Toronto carries on. Charles Pitcher, a …


Royal Oak proposes corporate amalgamation

Special shareholders’ meetings will be held in early June to consider a proposal to amalgamate Royal Oak Resources (TSE) and four associated companies into a new, Vancouver-based intermediate gold pro…



Noranda buys more Freewest

Noranda Minerals, a division of Noranda (TSE), has acquired an additional 364,745 common shares (3.9%) of Freewest Resources (TSE). Purchased at $4 each as part of a financing agreement between the tw…



Greenstone reveals Panama assays

Toronto-based Greenstone Resources (TSE) and partner Boliden International Mining of Sweden continue to obtain encouraging results while drilling their Santa Rosa gold property in Panama. Greenstone s…



Unlisted Trading Holcorp trading heavy

Trading heavily for the past two weeks, Holcorp Gold Mines has agreed to pay US$3.75 million for TSC Enterprises, a subsidiary of copper producer Arimetco. TSC’s sole asset is the Emerald Isle Copper …


Alberta Stock Exchange Jerome doubles

Speculation of a successful merger between Jerome Gold Mines and privately owned International Platinum has driven the share price of Jerome to 11 cents, up 6 cents from last week’s close on a volume …


Falconbridge plans Raglan ramp

Falconbridge has elected to spend $35 million over the next 18 months on an underground exploration program designed to evaluate the potential of its Raglan nickel project in Ungava, Que. The decision…


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