CIMM symposium
The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy will hold its 4th mineral economics symposium in Vancouver Nov 11-13 with the theme Managing for Strategic Advantage. The symposium will draw on the exp…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Agnico-Eagle Mines will offer by secondary distribution through
Stock Exchange up to 350,000 common shares of Dumagami Mines. Agnico owns 29% of the outstanding common shares of Dumagami and through its 42% ownership of Mentor Exploration and Development indirectl…
Cuvier Mines says that through its wholly-owned British Columbia
subsidiary, 307292 B.C., it now has taken up approximately 87% of the outstanding shares of Golden Hind Ventures tendered in connection with the offer made Aug 18 for all of the outstanding shares of …
Senior management also hit in new Falconbridge moves
Chairman William James of Falconbridge Ltd. will himself be among tho se to feel the direct effect of recently-announced production cutbacks and layoffs at Sudbury, and other cost-cutting moves by the…
Borrowings, price slump major Eldorado setbacks
Eldorado Nuclear reports a loss of $13.4 million on revenues of $42.7 million in the second quarter this year, compared with a loss of $2.3 million on revenues of $67.5 million in the similar period l…
Editorial: Geologists are too tough
A totally unsubstantiated report, just now surfacing, has it that several years ago in the jungles of Java, two geologists lowered into an old mine to check it out were eaten by a 40-ft python lurking…
Int. Damascus surface program in Toodoggone
A surface program on International Damascus Resources’ Joanna 3 and 4 claims in the Toodoggone area of northern B.C. has delineated a fault zone with gold assays returning up to 9,500 parts per billio…
Drilling planned by Int’l Damascus near Smithers B.C.
A major program of diamond drilling is being designed to test “many promising target areas” on International Damascus Resources’ precious metals Ox project near Smithers, B.C., reports consulting geol…
Legacy Petroleum has announced an agreement in principle whereby
Resources can earn an 80% working interest in four placer platinum and gold mining leases in the Granite Creek area near Princeton, B.C. To earn the interest, Catear must spend $250,000 on the propert…
Alberta Stock Exchange : Conquest still moving
Wednesday close, Oct 8 Trading on the Alberta exchange this week again nosed below the previo us week’s trading level, with just 4,465,900 shares changing hands. Conquest Yellowknife Resources, which…
Mining law course offered in B.C.
A full-day course titled Mining Law, is being offered by the Continui ng Legal Education Society of British Columbia. Scheduled for Oct 24, the course will take place in Vancouver’s Four Seasons Hotel…
Vanwin Resource Corp. says a new zone highly anomalous in nickel
platinum group metals has been found on its Raft group of claims on Vancouver Island, B.C. Diamond drilling is expected to start shortly.