Lawsuit delays closing date of DFR-Inco deal
Diamond Fields Resources (DFR-T) has launched legal proceedings relating to the lawsuit filed against it by a group of shareholders of Texas-based Exdiam.In a news release, DFR stated it is “not in a …
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Gossan options property to Tantalum
A tantalite-lithium-tin prospect held by Gossan Resources (GSS-V) near Kenora, Ont., has attracted the attention of Tantalum, a unit of Cabot, an American-based chemical company.Selected grab samples …
Indo Pacific outlines targets
Junior Indo Pacific Resources (IPF-A) has identified six widely separated, gold-bearing targets at its Kavola prospect, in a rugged portion of Papua New Guinea.All six targets are being tested by tren…
PEOPLE — BONAVENTURE RES.
Richard Burr appointed chief operating officer.
ODDS’N’SODS — A Red Lake pioneer
Prospector George Campbell’s discovery, in late 1944, of rich, visible gold on the south shore of Balmer Lake, near the town of Red Lake, caused a gold rush to northeastern Ontario.In addition to the …
COMMENTARY — Mining and rural Canada
Andy Mitchell is member of Parliament for Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ontario, and chairman of the federal Standing Committee on Natural Resources, which is holding hearings on issues related to the developm…
PEOPLE — KALIMANTAN GOLD (June 10, 1996)
Murray Clapham appointed director and president; Raymond Lee appointed director and vice-president of finance; Mansur Geiger appointed director and vice-president of exploration; David Shaw, Konrad Ba…
PEOPLE — BARD SILVER & GOLD
Donald Sheldon appointed chairman and Eugene Beukman appointed president.
EDITORIAL PAGE — Natives and Voisey’s Bay
A few decades ago, The Northern Miner might have jumped all over the Labrador Inuit Association for the position it has taken on the proposed development of the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt depos…
Policy on staff investing (June 10, 1996)
It is the ongoing policy of The Northern Miner that no staff writers or editors are permitted to write about securities they own, engage in short-selling or take part in initial public offerings and p…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Manitoba spending was understated
Recently, The Northern Miner reported preliminary exploration expenditures for 1996 in Canada, which included an estimate that the expenditure in Manitoba would be $33.2 million (T.N.M., March 13/96)….
Detour Lake and Roncanville capture mine safety awards
Placer Dome was among several companies to receive a John T. Ryan National Safety Trophy at the annual meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum, held in Edmonton, Alta.The c…