Articles by Northern Miner Staff

In the far north, 1990 became a year to remember as two of the continent’s largest mines entered production. Heralding in the new decade was Cominco’s (TSE) Red Dog lead-zinc deposit in Alaska, curren…

It is not a year that everyone will look back upon fondly, but 1990 was nothing if not eventful. Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait is the event that left its stamp most indelibly on the year. It left commodit…

Scholarships and an award program, established in memory of the women students slain at Ecole Polytechnique last year, are available for application. Two scholarships, worth $5,000 each, will be award…

By putting its oil and gas assets on the selling block at the beginning of the year, Placer Dome (TSE) signalled that it intended to stick to its core business of mining. New acquisitions, such as the…

After losing an appeal this summer, Taseko Mines (VSE) is taking another run at Cominco (TSE) in an attempt to regain control of the Fish Lake deposit, 100 miles west of Clinton, B.C. Taseko President…

Fresh from settling its legal dispute over the Goldboro gold project in Nova Scotia, Exploration Orex announced it is negotiating with Minnova for exploration and hopefully development of the east-coa…

Jonpol Explorations (TSE) and affiliate T&H Resources (TSE) have signed an option to acquire 25 mining claims adjacent to their gold property in Garrison Twp, Ont. The new claims, which lie to the wes…

The International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) will hold a seminar, Jan. 20-22, in Las Vegas, Nev., with Barry Davison as the featured speaker. Managing director of Rustenbury Platinum Mines, Davi…

The list of possible solutions to the financial problems facing Denison Mines (TSE) has been expanded to include a merger with another interested party, newly appointed President Bill James confirmed …

The Eskay Creek project north of Stewart, B.C., generated plenty of drama and intrigue during 1990 as it moved from an exploration project to a more advanced development stage. The cast of players inv…

Montreal-based Stratmin (ME) is hoping to receive about $6 million from a rights offering. Holders of the company’s A shares, as of the close of business Dec. 19, will receive three rights for each sh…

A formal valuation of the shares of Trimin Resources (TSE) may be required before the company can proceed with a buyback offer for up to 2.2 million of its shares. The company applied to various secur…