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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Wespac steps up drilling at Fauro
Montreal-based Western Pacific Mining Exploration (WPC-M) has launched a new program of exploration at its Fauro Island gold project in the Solomon Islands, east of New Guinea.* Ballyrorio prospect –…
EDITORIAL — Sober realism replaces euphoria — Investment blues
In the heady days of 1996 — before Bre-X Minerals’ phantom gold deposit blew up on the world stage, and before most metals prices went into the dumper — Canadian exchanges were riding high on an inv…
Fancamp options nickel prospect on Quebec’s North Shore
Fancamp Resources (FNM-V) has acquired an option on 78 claims around a nickel discovery on Quebec’s North Shore, 90 km north of Baie Comeau.The discovery, tentatively named “B-40,” consists of dissemi…
PEOPLE – SEPTEMBER
Thomas I. Vehrs elected director.
PEOPLE – SEDEX
Robert Woodfill and John Frost elected directors.
PEOPLE – PAMLICO
Michael J. Hordo appointed chairman. Jack Kurin appointed CFO.
FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — Indian silver imports on rise
Silver imports into India totalled more than 100 million oz. in the first eight months of 1997 — a 50% increase over the same period last year, according to Gold Fields Mineral Services. And with fur…
PEOPLE – ORINOCO
Richard P. Clark appointed chairman.
PEOPLE – OLIVER
Patrick Downey elected director.
PEOPLE — LATITUDE
Edward Bomford elected director
PEOPLE — ETRUSCAN (February 23, 1998)
Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse appointed president and COO.