Pezim wins stay of trading ban
The British Columbia superintendent of brokers consented to the stay of a one-year trading ban recently imposed on Murray Pezim, John Ivany and Lawrence Page until Jan. 11, 1991. The ban was to begin …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Share volumes tumble in market slump
When people can’t sleep at night worrying about their investments, they tend to stay out of the stock markets, says Fred Ketchen, director of equity trading at Toronto- based ScotiaMcLeod Inc. Accordi…
U.S. REPORT Placer drilling on Talapoosa project
An 8,000-ft. drilling program has started on the Talapoosa project in Lyon Cty., Nev. The U.S. unit of Placer Dome (TSE) is the operator on the property and can earn a 51% interest from Athena Gold (V…
New large northern mines challenge industry’s skills
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…
EDITORIAL PAGE 1990 _ a vintage best left on the shelf
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…
Memorial scholarships for student engineers
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…
Asset sales among corporate activities
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…
Taseko plans to sue Cominco regarding Fish Lake property
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…
Montreal Exchange Orex, Minnova dealing
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 plans drilling on new claim block
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…
NEWS IN BRIEF Int’l Precious Metals Institute
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…
Merger a possibility for Denison
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 …