Meridian options Venturina
Nevada-based Meridian Gold (MNG-T) has entered into a joint-venture option agreement with International Northair Mines (INM-V) on the latter’s early-stage Venturina gold property in the Sierra Madre r…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Nuinsco options new ground
Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) has entered into an option agreement with Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-M) on its properties adjoining Nuinsco’s Lac Rocher claims in northwestern Quebec.Nuinsco can acquire…
Low price takes shine off Las Cristinas
The current slump in gold prices is causing Placer Dome (PDG-T) to consider suspending the US$575-million Las Cristinas project in Bolivar state, Venezuela.Placer Dome has a 70% stake in the project, …
Newhawk to merge with Silver Standard
Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has agreed to acquire all the outstanding shares of Newhawk Gold Mines (NHG-T).Shareholders in Newhawk will receive one share of Silver Standard for every six shares …
Breakwater extends Dona Rosa deposit
Drilling by Breakwater Resources (BWR-T) at its El Toqui zinc-gold mine in southern Chile has extended mineralization into areas adjacent to the Dona Rosa deposit that were previously believed to be b…
Geomaque uncovers zone at Vueltas del Rio
A brighter exploration picture is forming at the Vueltas del Rio open-pit gold project in Honduras, with the discovery of a new zone of near-surface mineralization in an area previously proposed as a …
Avalon completes Big Whopper study
A prefeasibility study of the Big Whopper petalite deposit, north of Kenora, Ont., has boosted the total resource of the Separations Rapids project by 64% to 11.6 million tonnes grading 1.34% Li2O.The…
Inco to drill at Voisey’s Bay
Drills will be back at work on the main mineralized zones of the Voisey’s Bay property this season, indicating that there may be some headway in the year-long dispute over development of the large nic…
Companies (July 19, 1999)
Adikann GoldfieldsAfrioreAlmaden ResourcesAnglo American Aquest MineralsAvalon VenturesBarrick GoldBlack Hawk MiningBreakwater ResourcesCamphor VenturesCons. Trillion ResourcesCumberland ResourcesDe B…
Pan American secures Dukat financing — Silver mine in far eastern Russia poised to re-enter production
Pan American Silver (PAA-T) has arranged a financing package to restart the Dukat silver mine in the Magadan region of far eastern Russia, and taken steps to increase its interest to 90%.A syndicate o…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Gold’s survival not in doubt — Living on the hedge
Numbers don’t lie, they say, unless politicians perform some sort of black magic on them first. That being the case, the numbers underpinning the gold mining industry tell a grim story that may get a …
PEOPLE — Polymet (July 19, 1999)
Leslie Landefeld appointed director of investor relations.