UBC receives grant from Geddes
Geddes Resources (TSE) is making a $30,000 donation to the University of British Columbia to support glaciology research. The grant will allow the Department of Geophysics and Astronomy to finance res…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Exploration begins at Jasper mine
Partners Cameco and Shore Gold Fund (ASE) have begun a $357,000 surface and underground exploration program at their Jasper gold mine in northern Saskatchewan. The high-grade mine entered production i…
Gold tumbles
Prospects for peace in the Middle East and concerns about an economic recession combined, analysts said, to depress the price of gold, which at presstime was sitting at US$366 per oz. in London. Gold …
Seine, new partner acquire Lincoln project in California
By taking on a joint venture partner, Seine River Resources (VSE) was able to complete the US$5 million acquisition of a California gold project which it hopes to develop into a 500-ton-per-day produc…
Partners buy out Owyhee syndicate
Partners Silver Standard Resources (VSE) and Carlin Resources (VSE) recently acquired Pine Bell Mines’ 15% interest in the Owyhee syndicate for $130,000. The syndicate has a 5% net smelter royalty int…
Roasting Goodman for a good cause
Ned Goodman got off easy as the butt of a recent charity “roast” that might better be described as a tribute to the chairman of Dundee Capital and the driving force behind Corona Corp. for the past ha…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Eskay provides new excitement
A new gold discovery in the Eskay Creek camp of northwestern British Columbia provided a flurry of excitement, albeit an extremely modest one, on the Vancouver Stock Exchange for the week ended Oct. 1…
Galore Creek area active as Rhodes drills copper zone
Despite its rugged and remote location, the Copper Canyon project in the Galore Creek area of northwestern British Columbia is emerging as one of the more prospective properties being explored by juni…
Seely to address U of T audience
The University of Toronto will host its annual social night, Nov. 1, at the Earth Science Building. Reception begins at 5 p.m. As part of the festivities, L.E. Seeley, Falconbridge Ltd.’s director of …
World’s top mining firms seek better U.S. exposure
It says something about the reputation of Goldman Sachs & Co.’s annual metals and mining seminar that it attracts senior executives from nearly all of the world’s top mining firms. This year an elite …
Valdez Gold acquires shares of San Paulo
Ian McAvity, chairman of Valdez Gold, says a total of 3,999,724 shares of San Paulo Explorations (ASE) have been deposited under the company’s recent offer to purchase two million shares of San Paulo….
Titanium feedstocks considered adequate
Global production of titanium- bearing minerals increased by about 1.2 million tonnes of contained TiO/c2h/ during the 1985-89 period, barely keeping pace with demand for titanium dioxide pigment, whi…