Taywin options project to Placer Dome
Junior company Taywin Resources (VSE) recently announced an agreement in principle with Placer Dome (TSE) involving a gold-silver prospect situated adjacent to its Electrum claims in the Zeballos camp…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
New Guide for Geologists
The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines will release a comprehensive overview of Ontario’s geology to coincide with the 1991 centennial of the Ontario government’s involvement in mining activit…
Geddes to apply for permit to mine Windy Craggy copper
Geddes Resources (TSE) says it is within weeks of applying for a permit to mine the huge Windy Craggy massive sulphide deposit in northwestern British Columbia. The project could produce as much as ha…
News in Brief (January 29, 1990)
Strongbow Resources Corp. (VSE) has amalgamated with Consolidated Ramrod Gold (CYN: VSE) under the latter name. Strongbow shareholders will receive one new share for 4.867 old shares; Cons. Ramrod sha…
Goldstake tailings project moves ahead
New mine development in and around the Black Hills of South Dakota might soon be halted. But that should not affect Goldstake Explorations’ (TSE) Whitewood Creek tailings project. President Robert Cle…
Cambior offering raises $86 million
The initial public offering of Cambior (TSE) raised the gold producer almost $86 million upon the recent exercise of the warrants, increasing the company’s cash account to about $136 million. Val d’Or…
Thunderwood to be operator at Falconbridge gold bet
An amended agreement between partners Thunderwood Resources (TSE) and Falconbridge Ltd. has paved the way for renewed exploration at the Pelletier Lake gold project near Rouyn-Noranda, Que. After a ye…
Wharf completes United Coin deal
The purchase of a $2.1-million note (Series 2) from United Coin Mines (TSE), the final instalment of tranche 2 of a commitment to acquire up to $9.6 million of United’s 11% notes, was recently complet…
Murgold, Chesbar hit new gold zone
A 7,500-ft. drilling program is under way on property in Chester Twp., Ont. by Chesbar Resources (TSE) with a 64% interest and Murgold Resources (TSE) with 36%. The partners say a new gold zone was f…
Mimiska earns in
Mimiska Mining (ME) has earned a 50% interest in the Pyrite Falls project in Labrador. Noranda (TSE) holds the remaining 50%. Gold values have been encountered in wide-spaced drilling completed on a s…
Investors send gold soaring
The price of gold was on a tear upwards and the stock markets in retreat today, Jan. 24. Gold, which spent more than a few months last year below US$400, rallied today in London, where the afternoon f…
Obituary Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope, a long-time resident of the old silver mining camp of Gowganda and a well- known prospector, died Dec. 31 in Englehart, Ont. He was 100 years old. He led an active life in the field we…