Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Six recently completed drill holes on the Rendell-Jackman gold property in Newfoundland have yielded good results for partners Major General Resources (VSE) and Noranda (TSE). The holes were testing t…

After rescuing the company from the brink of bankruptcy, Vista Mines’ (TSE) newly elected board of directors is attempting to put the affairs of the company back in order. The new 6-member board, incl…

Conwest Exploration (TSE) is making a proposal to acquire a 100% interest in two affiliate companies, Mineral Resources International (TSE) and Barons Oil (TSE). Conwest already holds a 50.5% in MRI w…

A Toronto-based securities firm has been retained by Giant Resources of Australia to conduct an international auction for the sale of Giant’s Canadian mining assets. Handling the auction will be Deaco…

Bryndon Ventures (TSE) has completed a $150,000 financing through a private placement of flow- through shares. The money will fund exploration on Bryndon’s gold prospect in northwestern British Columb…

This is the first of a regular monthly column by George Miller, president of the Mining Association of Canada. I recently had the opportunity to visit Moscow and Leningrad to make a preliminary invest…

TEXT: The Committee for Professional Registration of Geoscientists in Ontario is holding an information exchange session March 15 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, in Room 205BD. Representative…

The two officers of Aur Resources (TSE), the junior which excited the mining world last year with the large Louvicourt Twp. massive sulphide discovery in northwestern Quebec, will share the 1990 Prosp…

As a minority shareholder of both Flanagan McAdam Resources and Muscocho Exploration, I write to express my extreme displeasure with the deal made by these companies and Echo Bay Mines, the largest sh…

Houston-based Battle Mountain Gold (TSE) has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of five million common shares. Goldman, Sachs & Co. will be the lead …

One hole does not make a mine, but the results of a single drill intersection in the Casa Berardi area of Quebec have created quite a stir. Project partners Inco, Cambior and Societe d’Exploration Min…

The well-known saying that lightning never strikes twice in the same place has obviously escaped the ears of Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) President Pierre Lassonde. How else could one explain the company’…