Placer settles with Kazakstan
Placer Dome (PDG-T) has settled its dispute with the Kazakstani government regarding the US$35-million refundable deposit the company made in April 1995.The government paid the company US$25 million i…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Amblin drills Wood gold target in Quebec
A drilling program at the Wood gold mine property in Quebec’s Cadillac Twp.is returning gold-bearing intersections for Amblin Resources (AX-A).Amblin can earn a 100% interest in the property from Glob…
Arian raises funds for Julietta
A recently announced financing of 6.5 million units at 90cents each will provide Arian Resources (ARA.U-T) with funds with which to continue development of its Julietta gold-silver deposit in the Maga…
Queenston hits gold
More holes in the Kirkland Lake, Ont., project of Queenston Mining (QMI-T) and Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) have intersected gold mineralization along structural extensions of known gold deposits at th…
Teck deals half of Tsacha to Corona
Teck (TEK-T) has signed a deal with Corona Gold (CRG-T) whereby the latter can earn a 50% interest in the 2,100-ha Tsacha gold property in British Columbia.To earn its interest, Corona must spend $500…
Atna releases more results from Wolf
In anticipation of a spring drilling program on the Wolf property in southeastern Yukon, Atna Resources (ATN-T) has staked, or optioned, an additional 314 claims in the immediate area.Atna can earn a …
Cross Lake drill program tests massive sulphide target near Timmins
Junior Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-V) has intersected significant massive sulphide mineralization at its Sheraton-Timmins property, 43 km east of Timmins, Ont.The company collared 11 drill holes totallin…
TSE Short Positions (October 20, 1997)
Short positions outstanding at September 30, 1997.Larger individual positions include: Barrick Gold 10,864,455, down 464,298; Bellator Exploration 170,000, up 170,000;Bema Gold 4,755,848, up 423,650; …
South Atlantic drills Nautanen target
Through a 38%-owned subsidiary, South Atlantic Resources (SCQ-V) has begun drill-testing the Nautanen target on the Solberget project in Sweden.The project is 70 km north of the Arctic Circle and 15 k…
Ventures hits high grade — Trenching program returns base metals on Eva property
At its Chicken Mountain prospect in west-central Alaska, Ventures Resource (vrs-v) has intercepted high-grade gold values.Diamond drilling at the project, which forms a portion of the so-called Flat p…
COMMENTARY — Our day on the Hill
The author is chairman of the Mining Association of Canada. He has written the following at the request of Keep Mining in Canada, an organization formed to increase awareness of the importance of mini…
EDITORIAL — Breaking in a new mines minister — Back to square one
Countless mines ministers, both federal and provincial, have come and gone during the 82-year history of this paper. We’ve had some good ones, some that did a passable job, and others who were plain a…