CHARGE IT
CHARGE IT We learned recently that nickel/copper production has been suffering at Falconbridge’s Sudbury refinery. Faced with a critical demand overload, Ontario Hydro triggered a clause in its electr…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
FOUND: RED DOG
We are writing to correct the story of how the Red Dog deposit in Alaska was discovered (TNMM, January, 1990). The following account comes from Robert Griffis, who was a member of the Watts, Griffis a…
On The Move (March 01, 1990)
Thomas Zarnke has been promoted to plant manager at ME International’s Northern Automatic Electric Foundry operation in Ishpeming, Mich. He joined the company in 1985 as engineering and maintenance su…
GEOLOGICAL JACKPOT
The Louvicourt copper-zinc-silver-gold massive sulphide deposit, 24 km east of Val d’Or, Que., has 35.9 million tons (32.5 million tonnes) of geological reserves. These grade 3.11% copper, 1.34% zinc,…
Montreal Exchange Casa Berardi interest
Investor attention continues to be directed toward Quebec’s Casa Berardi area where a couple of seniors and a junior pulled an encouraging drill hole in a joint project in Douay Twp. Four initial hole…
Equipment exhibition in sudbury June 19-21
The northern Ontario city of Sudbury, Ont., will attract a large number of visitors from other parts of Canada and around the world when it hosts the 1990 Canadian Mining & Industrial Equipment Exhibi…
Ottawa doing away with CEIP
Less than two years after introducing its Canadian Exploration Incentives Program (CEIP), the federal government is eliminating the controversial scheme in an attempt to reduce the burgeoning deficit….
Fire River seeks new properties
Fire River Gold (COATS) says discussions are under way with its underwriter to raise new financing for property acquisitions and additional exploration work on its Alice “A” gold-silver property, east…
People (February 26, 1990)
BRANER RESOURCES — Mark Wallbom appointed to the board of directors.
U.S. Gold Project
Due to construction cost overruns and delays at the Tonkin Springs project near Eureka, Nev., owner U.S. Gold (NASDAQ) is experiencing significant liquidity problems. The Tonkin Springs project began …
Henry Kissinger speaks at Boston conference
Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state, will be the keynote speaker at the International Investment Conference to be held in Boston on May 29. This conference will bring together top mining a…
Alberta Stock Exchange Kingswood active (February 26, 1990)
A volume leader for the week ended Feb. 20 was Toronto-based Kingswood Explorations, which saw more than a million of its shares traded to close at 87cents. That’s a gain of 30cents from last week’s p…