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Partners eye Coronation

Northern Abitibi Mining (NAI-V) and Tyler Resources (TYS-V) have inked a deal to acquire a joint 65% interest a 460-sq.-km diamond prospect in the Coronation Gulf district of Nunavut.Under the agreeme…


Tahera pulls more stones from Anuri East

More diamonds are reported for the Rockinghorse property in Nunavut, following caustic fusion analysis of 51.4 kg of drill core from the Anuri East kimberlite.In all, Tahera (TAH-T) recovered 50 micro…


BC gov’t misinformed

The government of British Columbia’s proposal to eliminate the vital functions of the British Columbia Geological Survey Branch or to farm these out, greatly reduced, to independent contractors was ad…


Paul Coad

Paul Coad, a geologist known for his contributions to the Porcupine base metals mine near Timmins, Ont., has died. He was 51.In 1974, Coad graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a bache…


Wheaton, Kinross close sale

Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has completed the sale of its George Lake project in Nunavut to Kinross Gold (K-T).Wheaton received 4 million Kinross shares in return for its 100% interest in the proje…


TVX halts Stratoni operations

TVX Gold (TVX-T) has declared force majeure at its wholly owned Stratoni silver-lead-zinc operation in Greece after a local mining inspector delivered a suspension order.As a result, the company has a…


NAME CHANGES (December 17, 2001)

Silverarrow Explorations (SVI-V) has changed its name to Aladdin Resources (ADN-V) on a 1-new-for-8-old-share basis.Quattro Resources (QRO-V) has changed its name to Aldershot Resou…


Received truth

Staff at The Northern Miner were downcast in November 2000, when we found out the trade press division of Southam, of which we were a part, had been cut out of the sale of Hollinger assets to televiso…


Deere, Hitachi form marketing JV

In a move designed to boost sales and trim costs, Deere & Co. and Hitachi Construction Machinery will integrate their marketing operations in North, Central and South America.Under the plan, marketing…


Appalaches, Marum encouraged by B20 results

Appalaches Resources (APP-V) and Marum Resources (MMU-V) are encouraged by sample results from outcrops taken in the Port-Cartier region, west of Sept-les, Que.The sampling was concentrated 2 km east…


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