Yamana gains ground in Chile’s El Indio belt
Yamana Resources (TSE) has signed option agreements covering 13,200 hectares in the Chilean mineral belt known as El Indio.The company can acquire four gold exploration properties for US$235,000, paya…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Greenstone adopts rights protection plan
The board of directors at Greenstone Resources (TSE) has adopted a shareholders’ rights plan to encourage what it refers to as the fair treatment of its shareholders in connection with any takeover of…
ODDS’N’SODS — Dog days in Red Lake
Charles Henrick was one of the first men to arrive at Red Lake in northwestern Ontario during the gold rush of 1926, though not for the reasons, nor in the way, one might imagine.He was living in Engl…
PEOPLE — SUMMO MINERALS
Mark Hellerstein appointed chairman; Frank Shanley appointed director.
COMMENTARY — Harcourt was a mixed blessing
Word of Michael Harcourt’s resignation as premier of British Columbia has generated some mixed feelings within the province’s mining community.It was Harcourt’s New Democratic Party (NDP) government t…
PEOPLE — INT’L FREEGOLD (February 19, 1996)
Colin Bird appointed director.
PEOPLE — FALCONBRIDGE (February 19, 1996)
Jack Cockwell and Mary Mogford appointed directors.
PEOPLE — EL BRAVO GOLD
Patrick Gerrits appointed director; Peter Bodel appointed vice-chairman of the board and president of El Bravo.
PEOPLE — CHAPLEAU (February 19, 1996)
John Brown appointed director.
PEOPLE — AVALON VENTURES
Stanley MacEachern appointed director.
Producer prices (February 19, 1996)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US72.5 cents-74.5 cents per lb. (Feb. 2, 1996).ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.00-2.20 per lb. (Dec. 8, 1995).BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$4.05-4.30 per lb. (Feb. 2, 1995)…
PEOPLE — SOUTHERNERA
Graham Farquharson appointed director.