Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Sherritt Gordon (TSE) says it will comply with a request from a minority shareholder for a shareholders’ meeting to vote on proposed changes in the metal refiners’ board. However, Sherritt said it is …

As investors waited for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to break the magic 3000 mark, employees at Cominco’s smelter in Trail, B.C., were confirming what the market has been saying all week. In antic…

Vancouver-based junior Armeno Resources (VSE) has formed a joint venture with a Japanese company to finance the development of a small silver-gold-lead-zinc deposit in Ecuador. Nissho Iwai of Japan ha…

A tribunal of the American Arbitration Association has ruled that Vancouver-based Minerex Resources (TSE) and the Aurora Partnership must pay nearly US$1.4 million in damages to a former contractor at…

The Van Stone zinc project in northeastern Washington is now owned 100% by Equinox Resources (TSE). The property is 25 miles south of Cominco’s zinc smelter at Trail, B.C. Equinox recently paid the fi…

Drilling its second hole at the MWF property near Timmins, Ont., Anglo Canadian Mining (TSE) has intersected what it believes to be an important mineralized zone. Occurring at the contact between sedi…

The 21st provincial mine rescue competition was recently held in Glace Bay, N.S. Led by Jay Dooley, the Lingan mine team defeated seven competitors to win the championship. The contestants were judged…

An option to acquire an additional 500,000 shares of High Frontier Resources (VSE) has been exercised by Kennecott, a wholly owned unit of London-based RTZ Corp. The option was part of a previous agre…

A flow-through private placement of 880,000 shares of Triumph Resources (VSE) to Teck (TSE) has increased Teck’s interest in Triumph to 2.49 million shares or 52.6%. The placement, priced at 50 cents …

Although no agreement has been made, Tournigan Mining Explorations (VSE) says it has started talks with several major mining companies for a possible joint venture to further explore and develop its B…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US72-73 cents per lb. (Jul. 5, 1990). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US82-83 cents per lb. (Jun. 14, 1990). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.95-3.05 per lb. (Jul. 5, 1990). CADMIUM: N…

I am writing in response to two articles (T.N.M., June 18/90, June 25/90) concerning base metal exploration in the Bathurst camp of northern New Brunswick. It is not unusual for the daily newspapers t…