EDITORIAL PAGE — Combatting corruption
A few years back, The Northern Miner sent a writer to visit mineral projects in Africa. While in one country, attempting to fly to another, the hapless geo-journalist was hauled off to a backroom of t…
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High grade reported at Alta Gold’s Olinghouse
The first batch of results from this year’s drill program at the Olinghouse gold deposit, 35 miles east of Reno, Nev., surpassed the expectations of owner Alta Gold (ALTA-Q).The results confirm previo…
Joutel expands gold resources in Cuba
New results have expanded the known gold resource at three Cuban projects of Joutel Resources (JTL-T).At the Zona Barita project, the 28-hole third phase of drilling is now complete, and a prefeasibil…
OBITUARIES — Lawrie Reinertson
Lawrie Reinertson, president and chief executive officer of Rio Algom, has died of a heart attack. He was 51.Mr. Reinertson’s mining career began in 1965 when he joined Noranda as a prospector. Severa…
Teck reports steady earnings
Second-quarter earnings remained steady for Teck (TEK-T).The company earned $19.7 million (or 20 cents per share) on revenue of $187.4 million, compared with a net income of $18.1 million on $181.7 mi…
DIAMOND PAGE — Trivalence finds diamonds at Aredor
Trivalence Mining (TMI-V) has received results from the alluvial diamond test runs being conducted at its 1,112-sq.-km Aredor mine concession in Guinea. Recently, over a 2-week period, a total of 3,41…
Ontario teen wins mining essay competition
A 13-year-old boy from Aurora has been named “Junior Miner of Ontario” by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).Riccardo Dente, a Grade 8 student at Light of Christ Catholic School…
DIAMOND PAGE — KWG, Spider release Kyle Lake results
Partners KWG Resources (KWG-T) and Spider Resources (SPQ-A) have released results from five of 11 holes drilled last winter at the Kyle Lake project in northern Ontario.The five holes, drilled as part…
PEOPLE — CONS. REDDING EXPL.
Charles Bruce and Edward Derksen appointed directors.
PEOPLE — ADDA RES.
Rene Carrier and James Hutchison elected directors; Brian Doutaz appointed president and chief executive officer.
OBITUARIES — Elmore Dillman
Elmore Dillman, a mining promoter who worked across Canada, has died. He was 78.A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s mining engineering program, Mr. Dillman started his career in the late 19…
Securities disclosure is going electronic
By autumn, the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) will be mandatory for many public companies.Described as an improvement over traditional paper filings made to Canadian sec…