Companies (January 18, 1999)
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Northern Orion Resources Inc
Miramar conserving capital
Miramar Mining (MAE-T) made a profit of $1.6 million in the third quarter, compared with a loss of $15.2 million in the corresponding period of 1997.The recent quarterly performance reflects a gain of…
Miramar Mining posts big loss
Miramar Mining (MAE-T) saw its losses double from 1996 to 1997.The company posted a loss of $63.8 million (or $1.12 per share) in 1997, compared with a loss of $29.1 million (51cents per share) in the…
Northern Orion pours first gold
Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) poured its first bar of gold at the newly constructed leach facility at the Mantua mine, 240 km west of Havana, Cuba. The event marks the Vancouver-based junior’s f…
BHP keeps 70% stake in Argentine project — Northern Orion wowed by prefeasibility study for Agua Rica deposit
BHP Copper has rejected an offer by Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) to buy an additional 40% interest in the Agua Rica project in northwestern Argentina.The offer, details of which were unavailabl…
BHP, Northern Orion hit high grade in Argentina
High-grade gold and silver values have been intersected at the Agua Rica project in the northwestern Argentine province of Catamarca.Agua Rica is a large porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum deposit…
Northern Orion inks deal
The Argentine subsidiary of Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) has entered into an option agreement with the Latin American subsidiary of Mincorp on the project known as El Dorado.The agreement requi…
Northern Orion enters JV in Argentina
The Argentine subsidiary of Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) has formed a joint venture with Mexican silver giant Penoles on the Tres Hermanas property in Santa Cruz province.To earn a half interes…
Drilling adds more heft to Agua Rica
In Argentina, the already massive polymetallic deposit known as Agua Rica has been expanded further, as a result of exploration driling.Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) made the announcement follow…
Brooks eyes core from Argentina
Three holes of a 6-hole drill program at Brooks Resources’ (BRC-V) Campana Mahuida property in Argentina have been completed to a depth of 200 metres.Operator Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) is ca…
Orion expands Argentine deposit
Holes drilled by Northern Orion Explorations (NNO-T) at its Agua Rica porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum deposit in northwestern Argentina have extended mineralization there.Holes AR-49, 50 and 54…
Drilling cuts impressive results for Northern Orion
Northern Orion Explorations (VSE) reports encouraging drill results from a 5,000-metre program at its San Jorge copper-gold porphyry deposit in west-central Argentina.The first seven holes, spaced 92-…