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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Adrian turns drills at Panamanian gold-Copper play
Two diamond drills are operating in a 37-hole program at junior Adrian Resources’ (ADL-T) Petaquilla property in Panama.Situated 125 km west of Panama City, the property comprises 2,086 sq. km and con…
NEWS IN BRIEF (April 14, 1997)
Swannel Minerals (SNL-V) has changed its name to Globenet Resources (GBR-V) on a 1-new-for-10-old-share basis.
SPOT PRICES (April 14, 1997)
Wednesday, April 9, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$348.00- $2.70Silver*$ 4.77…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (April 14, 1997)
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Yamana cancels PNG deal with Union — Company retains 17.6% interest
Uncertainties related to working in Papua New Guinea and other parts of Southeast Asia have prompted Yamana Resources (YRI-T) to cancel plans to make Union Mining a wholly owned subsidiary.Yamana, whi…
PRODUCER PRICES (April 14, 1997)
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,547 per tonne, alloy $1,444 per tonne (April 8/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$2,200 per tonne (April 1/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.11 per lb. (Apri…
Sunshine reports bright quarterly output
Sunshine Mining & Refining (SSC-N) posted its second consecutive quarter of record production at its namesake mine in northern Idaho.In the first three months of 1997, Sunshine cranked out 901,000 oz….
Santa Fe, Newmont set date for merger vote
Shareholders of Santa Fe Pacific Gold (GLD-N) will meet in a special meeting on May 5 in Albuquerque, N.M., to discuss a proposed merger with Newmont Mining (NEM-N).Newmont and its 91%-owned subsidiar…
NovaWest options Raglan properties
Vancouver-based NovaWest Resources (NVE-V) is optioning five additional properties in the Raglan nickel-Copper-platinum camp on the Ungava peninsula of northern Quebec.The newly acquired properties co…
Sur American Gold postpones $8.5-Million financing
Sur American Gold (SUR-A) has postponed its recently announced $8.55-Million financing in light of the ongoing market turmoil surrounding Bre-X Minerals (BXM-T).The financing, along with $2.4 million …
Friedland sues United States — Former mine owner seeking damages
The first wayward trickle from the ill-fated Summitville gold mine led to a flood of environmental and legal controversy — and it’s not over yet.Canadian lawyers representing Robert Friedland (inset)…