Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Through the recent acquisition of 1.15 million shares, Cameron McFeely has increased his stake in Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (VSE) to 28.3%. The private transaction between McFeely and Calgary-b…

His problems with securities regulators and former wives aside, Murray Pezim will likely be facing a lengthy legal battle to keep control of his most recent discovery, the Eskay Creek deposit, north o…

Award Resources Ltd (ADR: VSE) has changed its name to Tomco Development Inc (TMV: TSE) on a 1-new-for-3-old basis. Montreal Trust is the transfer agent.

Edward Molnar appointed president and chief executive officer.

Michael Levinson appointed director and chairman of the board.

Walter Segsworth, Bruce McKnight and Harlan Meade have been appointed to the board of directors succeeding Richard Ostrosser, Donald Webster and Arthur Soregaroli who resigned.

As part of a plan to rid itself of non-mining assets, Placer Dome (TSE) has agreed to sell Placer CEGO Petroleum Holdings, its Canadian oil and gas subsidiary, to Opus Acquisition, a company owned by …

At a time when most juniors are struggling to raise risk capital Acadia Mineral Ventures (TSE) has secured significant financial clout and has expanded its portfolio of gold properties. The company no…

In a private transaction, Belmoral Mines (TSE) will sell its 38% interest in Canreos Minerals (VSE) to Tor Jensen, president of Canreos. As part of the agreement, Belmoral will also write off a $45,00…

Both the Vancouver Stock Exchange’s Composite and Resource indexes fared poorly over the week ended July 10, falling 9.18 and 13.43 points respectively. The composite index ended at 789.90 while the r…

A demonstration test for the bioleaching process was recently completed at Dickenson Resources’ (TSE) Arthur White gold mine near Red Lake, Ont. Shamrock Resources (VSE) conducted the 2.5-month test t…

Toronto-based Sindor Resources (TSE) has dropped its option to purchase a lease on the Lisbon Valley copper property in San Juan Cty., Utah, and has instead decided to purchase the property outright. …