ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Enlightened
After spending three years in the South Pacific, the Philippines and Japan during the Second World War, I returned to the U.S. in 1947 and spent a year in college as a chemistry major.That summer, I g…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Busang performances award-worthy
I have always been a sucker for fairy tales, perhaps because I’m a kid at heart and have always wished they were true.The rags-to-riches story of Bre-X Minerals, the small Canadian company that suppos…
DIAMOND PAGE — Redaurum acquires Colorado kimberlite
Redaurum (RRK-T) has augmented its Colorado holdings by acquiring the Maxwell kimberlite pipe property.The property, which had belonged to a private Colorado company, is 2 km west of Redaurum’s produc…
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STOCK MARKETS — Western market sluggish despite good news for juniors — Indonesian explorers rally ’round CoWs; Alberta diamond hunters owe boost to kimberlite find
Western markets continued to grapple for footing over the report period ended April 29. The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index was down 12.45 points, or 1.2%, at 1,022.69, while the resource ind…
Eden Roc proves up Ivorian gold deposit
Eden Roc Mineral (EDN-T) has released encouraging results from the latest 14 holes drilled on the Afema gold project in southeastern Ivory Coast.The project forms part of the Somiaf joint venture, in …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Truth or consequences — Enough is enough.
Our group has been in the business of evaluating, exploring and developing gold deposits for many years. Our audits of these deposits, for our benefit and for that of others, have yielded some absolut…
St Andrew increases width of West Porphyry
Infill and stepout drilling by St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) continues to add potential to the West Porphyry zone on the Taylor property, near Matheson, Ont.In the latest round, St Andrew drilled two i…
Inco plans Voisey’s start-up for late 1999
Michael Sopko, chairman of Inco (N-T), told shareholders at the recent annual meeting that the Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt project in Labrador is turning out to be “all we had expected . . . and…
Rio Algom aims for top producer status
Lower copper prices over the past year may have contributed to a sluggish year for Rio Algom (ROM-T), but Chairman Gordon Gray is confident the company will eventually become Canada’s premier copper p…