New CaribGold showing in Cuba
Surface work at the Sierra Maestra Oriental gold concession in eastern Cuba has uncovered a new discovery, CaribGold Resources (TSE) reports.Mapping and airborne geophysics, along with rock sampling, …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
NEWS IN BRIEF (May 08, 1995)
Broadlands Resources (BOD:VSE) and Shorewood Exploration (SWX:VSE) have amalgamated to form International Broadlands Resources (IBR:VSE). Broadlands and Shorewood shareholders received one new share f…
Santa Fe hikes quarterly output
First-quarter earnings for Santa Fe Pacific Gold (NYSE), while strong, are down slightly from a year ago.Net income was US$12.3 million (or 9 cents per share), just off from US$13.4 million (or 12 cen…
Rio, North bid for Musto
Shareholders of International Musto Explorations (TSE) are considering a new takeover offer.Copper producer Rio Algom (TSE) of Toronto and Australian resources company North Ltd. have joined forces an…
GAC/MAC meeting draws earth scientists to Victoria
More than 1,000 earth scientists from around the world are coming to the University of Victoria in Victoria, B.C., for the May 17-19 annual meeting of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC) and th…
Falconbridge eyes increases in nickel, copper reserves
The lowest cash-cost nickel and ferronickel producer in the Western world, Falconbridge (TSE), is gearing up to add significantly to its inventory of nickel and other metals.President Frank Pickard to…
McLeese Lake to Gibraltar’s liking
First-quarter copper production from the McLeese Lake open-pit mine of Gibraltar Mines (TSE) in central British Columbia totaled 15.3 million lb. at a cash cost of US88 cents per lb.The mine, which re…
Hemlo expects growth from project portfolio
First-quarter production from Hemlo Gold’s (TSE) two Canadian gold producers was higher than anticipated, and overall production is expected to expand further.Hemlo’s wholly owned Golden Giant mine ne…
COMMENTARY — Supplying the mining industry
The managing director of the Canadian Association for Mining Equipment and Services for Export, Jon Baird, has written this column at the invitation of “Keep Mining In Canada,” a national grassroots c…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Knocking at the back door
Government involvement in mining ventures is, for the most part, a thing of the past. Both federal and provincial governments are in deficit-fighting modes, and investment in the private sector is cle…
Voisey Bay area attracts juniors
Two concessions east of Schefferville, Que., and about 85 miles southwest of the Voisey Bay nickel-copper-cobalt discovery in neighboring Labrador will be explored by New Golden Sceptre Minerals (VSE)…
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