Teck takes over Minco’s White Silver Mtn.
The exercise by Teck (TEK-T) of 125,000 warrants of Minco Mining and Metals (MMM-T) will enable it to become operator of the White Silver Mountain base metal project in Gansu province, China.Minco is …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Annual contest turns Greenlanders into rockhounds
The onset of summer in Greenland brings with it ujarassiorita, a state-sponsored competition in which residents are encouraged to send rocks to the government to be tested for minerals.Ujarassiorita, …
Companies (July 26, 1999)
Abcourt MinesAber ResourcesAsarcoBarrick GoldBlack Hawk MiningBroken Hill Pty.CambiorCamecoCampbell ResourcesCanabrava DiamondComincoCumberland ResourcesCyprus AmaxDe Beers Cons. MinesEldorado GoldEur…
Drilling returns more gold for Maracote
Assay results from two holes drilled at the Halley gold property in south-central Peru have proven encouraging for Maracote International Resources (MCE-V).The ongoing drill program is testing a 600-b…
Asarco, Cyprus announce merger
The boards of Asarco (AR-N) and Cyprus Amax Minerals (CYM-N) have unanimously approved a merger proposal that would create the world’s largest publicly traded copper company and second-largest copper …
MSV begins winding down project
Unable to secure financing for its Copper Rand 5000 project, MSV Resources (MSV-T) has begun work that will lead to the closure of the Copper Rand mine site in Chibougamau, Que.The company is disposin…
Careers (July 26, 1999)
Ministry of Northern Development and MinesGeophysicist$52,3000 – $63,500Consider this opportunity with the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS), Precambrian geoscience section, to gather geophysical data, …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Pack of trouble
Anyone around during the Texasgulf boom in Ontario has tales to tell, some of which are more colourful than others. It was the summer of 1964, and the town of Timmins was a beehive of activity, with a…
Cumberland hits gold at Meadowbank
Infill drilling by Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) at its Meadowbank gold project in Nunavut has returned higher grades than expected.Several holes sunk in the central portion of the Third Portage deposi…
PEOPLE — Weda Bay
W.S. Vaughan appointed director.
PEOPLE — Riverdance (July 19, 1999)
Dusan Berka, Frank Lang, James Bryce, Vladimir Horvath and Walter Brenner appointed directors.
Foran finds new lens
Infill drilling by Foran Mining (FOM-V) has uncovered a polymetallic lens at its McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper-gold property in the Flin Flon belt of northern Saskatchewan.The lens, discovered in hole 107…