Articles by Northern Miner Staff

MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $10.88 $5.52 $0.34 Price $9.375 $5.500 $0.20 Discount %13.83% %0.4% 41.2% Value $64,786,475.29 $92,533,650 N/A…

Federal government support for the project Lithoprobe will increase by 50%, bringing the amount to $18.9 million over the next three years. Lithoprobe is the largest multidisciplinary study of the ear…

Blackdome Mining, a wholly owned subsidiary of MinVen Gold (TSE), recently entered into an agreement to acquire a group of four claims known as the Elizabeth property, 19 miles south of the Blackdome …

James Kermeen and Gary Drummond appointed to the board of directors; Raymond Maret resigned from the board.

Michael Emery appointed assistant to the vice-president, smelting and refining.

Investors waiting for a rise in the price of gold might want to turn their attention to an expensive member of the platinum group of metals. Rhodium, used mainly in the manufacture of catalytic conver…

Murray Pezim, chairman of Prime Resources (VSE), has forced Corona (TSE) to revise its plans for control of the Eskay Creek gold play. As a result of Pezim’s rejection of Corona’s bid for a larger sta…

With the recent discovery of a new, higher- grade zone within the Verde deposit, Bema Gold (TSE) is projecting a sizable increase in reserves at its joint venture Refugio gold project in Chile’s Maric…

Algoma Steel Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of steel producer Dofasco, is seeking a buyer for its U.S. coal and iron ore interests, including its 30% stake in the Tilden mine, a Michigan-based iron …

A former minister of revenue for the Liberal government in Quebec, Michel Gratton, has been appointed president of The Asbestos Institute, which has its headquarters in Montreal. Gratton, who served a…

Melinga Resources (VSE) is based in Vancouver and in London, England. A previous story (T.N.M., July 2/90) had the company situated elsewhere.

A review of recent trends in the nickel market has led analysts at Richardson Greenshields to forecast a positive outlook for nickel prices over the next year. “There is no sign of an end to the curre…