Major General backs Rendell-Jackman
Shareholders attending the recent annual meeting of Major General Resources (VSE) were told that the company is involved in early stage discussions with Noranda (TSE) relating to the Rendell-Jackman j…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Coeur d’Alene listed on NYSE
I have read your informative article (T.N.M., May 13/91) on the Kensington gold joint venture in Alaska. The Northern Miner has traditionally done an excellent job of covering mining activities in Can…
Hope Brook suspends mining to avoid violation
For the second time in as many years, Hope Brook Gold Mines (TSE) is temporarily suspending operations at its 3,000-ton-per-day Newfoundland gold mine in a bid to solve nagging environmental control p…
Better stakes claims near Fish Lake
About 8,000 hectares of ground in a block 5×16 km was recently staked by Better Resources (VSE) near Williams Lake, B.C. The ground adjoins the large Fish Lake copper-gold porphyry deposit owned by Ta…
Aranlee cuts Fire Mountain deal
A recently completed deal with Plaskey Development Enterprises gives Aranlee Resources (VSE) the right to earn up to an 80% interest in the Fire Mountain property in the New Westminster Mining Divisio…
Drilling at Holloway indicates zone tapers off down plunge
The latest results from the Holloway project indicate that the Lightning zone, which has been characterized by consistently strong widths and grades since its discovery in 1989, may be coming to a dra…
World’s biggest gold miner in the making — Barrick, Newmont talk
American Barrick Resources (TSE) and Newmont Mining (NYSE) are discussing the possibility of marrying their vast gold producing assets into a single entity that analysts say will be the world’s larges…
Silverside set to change name
Shareholders of Silverside Resources (TSE) voted recently in Toronto at the annual meeting in favor of a share consolidation and a name change. The company, which currently has about 10.9 million com…
U.S. REPORT Payment keeps Crown in black
A final payment of US$5 million to Crown Resources (VSE) in January helped push the company’s 1991 first-quarter earnings to US$2.1 million. The results compare with earnings of US$3.3 million in the…
Goodman boosts Prime ownership
Toronto-based Ned Goodman reported boosting his ownership by 2.3% in Prime Resources Group (VSE), the operator of the Eskay Creek gold exploration project in northwestern British Columbia. Goodman sai…
Gold Commissioner rules on claims
British Columbia’s chief gold commissioner recently ordered that Eurus Resource (VSE) apply for abandonment and relocation of the PI and Delta claims within 30 days of the removal of the staking freez…
Greenstone’s Oronorte on target
The Oronorte property, wholly owned by Greenstone Resources (TSE), an underground gold mining operation about 96 miles in a direct line north-northeast from here, went into production in November, 199…