PEOPLE — IVANHOE CAPITAL
Jonathan Challis appointed senior vice-president.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
PEOPLE — CURION VENTURE
Bruno Mosimann appointed vice-president.
PEOPLE — CONS. SILVER TUSK (May 12, 1997)
Alan Smith appointed director.
Mongolia Gold trenches at Bumbat-West
After delays caused by permitting- and equipment-related problems, Mongolia Gold Resources (MGR-V) is proceeding with a trenching program on a newly discovered geochemical gold anomaly at its 49%-owne…
RTZ-CRA options Yanacocha
In northern Peru, RTZ-CRA (RTZ-N) and Solitario Resources (SLR-T) have struck a deal whereby each company will explore a property held by the other.RTZ-CRA can earn a 60% interest in Solitario’s 155,0…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Miner avoids sensationalism
I would like to echo the comments made by Jean-Pierre Thomassin in his recent letter to the editor (T.N.M., April 21/97). The Northern Miner’s coverage of the Bre-X Minerals saga has been absolutely t…
DIAMOND PAGE — TNK drills kimberlites at Gope
Toronto-based TNK Resources (TNKR-C) has drilled into two kimberlite pipes on its wholly owned Gope prospect in the Kaapvaal craton of central Botswana.The company drilled two holes, spaced 50 metres …
LME WHSE LEVELS (May 12, 1997)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at May 5/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium792,625(-9,475)Copper148,925(+7,850)Lead113,950(-550)Nickel50,316…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Head in the sand
I have been a subscriber to The Northern Miner for about four years and I am appalled at the pathetic reporting on International Precious Metals (T.N.M., April 28/97).It is obvious that The Miner has …
DIAMOND PAGE — Cypango walks from Afridi Lake
Diamond explorer Cypango Ventures (CAV-V) has dropped its option to earn a 51% interest in the Afridi Lake property in the Northwest Territories.During a drilling program last spring, Cypango intersec…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Eldorado the beautiful, Part 1
Franz Johnston, one of Canada’s Group of Seven painters, had a love of the Canadian north and spent the winter of 1938-39 painting at a remote mining camp above the Arctic Circle.In late 1938, mining …
DIAMOND PAGE — SouthernEra tests lake targets in N.W.T.
Northeast of Camsell Lake, at the Mackay-Back Lakes diamond project in the Northwest Territories, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is drill-Testing high-priority geophysical targets.Six key kimberlite-in…