Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Karl Rollke appointed chairman; Robert Miller appointed president and chief executive officer; Thomas Menning appointed executive vice-president and chief operating officer; Owen Granger appointed sec…

Nickel-bearing waste material from the U.S. is the focus of a recycling deal between Inco and Calgary’s ATC Environmental Group.Beginning in the first quarter, Inco’s smelters in Sudbury, Ont., will r…

Strength in the golds and metal miners pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange up 81.63 points (1.7%) for the trading period Jan. 17-23. The TSE 300 composite index closed at 4,847.62, near the record high …

Wednesday, January 24, 1996Week’s Price (US)ChangeGold*$403.00+$4.10Silver*$ 5.54+$0.05Platinum*$421.50+$1.75Nickel**$ 3.68+$0.14Lead**$ 0.33+$0.01Copper{$ 1.15-$0.03Zinc{{$ …

1996 Jan 23Jan 22Jan 19Jan 18Jan 17HighLowComposite”300″4847.624848.984821.064798.124773.004871.873983.34Metals&Minerals4917.584881.664852.994810.714729.665276.123273.56Integrated…

The Keystone joint venture has acquired the remaining interest in the Wasekwan Belt property, near its producing Burnt Timber mine, southeast of Lynn Lake, Man.Minority holders Trans America Industrie…

Once permits are in hand, Black Pearl Minerals (CDN) and Hebron Fjord Resources (ME) will drill their Voisey A property in Labrador.Hebron Fjord has a 60% undivided interest in Black Pearl’s propertie…

Following an encouraging bulk-sampling project at Hottentots Bay, off the coast of Namibia, Namco (VSE) continues to experience good fortune. At Luderitz, 215 diamonds were recovered recently from a s…

Jazzman Ventures (IJV:VSE) and Oro Belle Resources (ORS:VSE) have amalgamated. The new company name will remain Oro Belle Resources (ORS:VSE).

A year of drilling by Royal Oak Mines (TSE) has elevated the preliminary resource at the Night Hawk Lake properties to 1.4 million oz. gold.The properties, which cover a 46-sq.-km area straddling the …

Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) has received all major permits and secured financing for its Briggs gold mine in southeastern California.The company raised US$44 million to finance mine construction and rec…

Land use and entitlement will be the focus of a national forum on resource development and management on First Nation territories, scheduled for April 14-17 in Calgary.The forum, to be chaired by Chie…