Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Asarco Inc. (AR:NYSE) has declared a regular quarterly dividend on the common stock of 40^ per share payable March 1 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 14.

Toronto-based Central Crude (TSE) is working on an alternate mining plan for the Eagle River gold project following a recommendation from joint venture partner Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) that production a…

Pacific Century Explorations Ltd. — 800,000 units consisting of one sh & two wts offered @ 40 cents per unit. Consolidated Ramrod Gold Corporation — 1,300,000 units consisting of one sh & one wt off…

A new partnership between Homestake Mining (NYSE)and U.S. Gold (NASDAQ) will provide for further exploration and development of the Tonkin Springs property in the prospective Battle Mountain-Cortez go…

The agreement reached late last year to settle all legal disputes between Pioneer Metals (TSE) and Pegasus Gold Mines (TSE) is near completion. The agreement was conditional upon the verification of c…

Vancouver-based Placer Dome (TSE) has dropped an option to earn in on two gold properties near Claude Resources’ (TSE) Seabee property in Saskatchewan. Placer Dome will not be continuing an option on …

Drilling on the David/Lew project near Cranbrook, B.C., continues to return good gold values with the best hole, 90-43, intersecting 36 ft. grading 0.37 oz. gold per ton. The project is a 50-50 joint …

The Soviet Union is going to need a lot of help from the West if it plans to continue the reform of its economy. There are, for example, a number of Canadian mining and consulting companies eager to l…

Deltec Resources Ltd. (DEC:VSE) has changed its name to Pacific Titan Resource Corp. (PFR:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Pacific Corp. Tru…

A wholly owned subsidiary of Falconbridge Gold (TSE) recently paid American Gold Resources US$625,000 for an option to purchase a 50% interest in the Royal Mountain King mine in Calaveras Cty., Calif….

Despite record gold production from its four major mines, Echo Bay Mines (TSE) lost almost US$60 million in 1990 as writeoffs on gold mining investments took their toll on operating earnings. Compared…

In order to reduce cash outlays for exploration, Cominco Resources International (TSE) has formed or is negotiating joint ventures for many of its exploration projects. In most cases the company will …