ODDS’N’SODS — Timmins, yesterday and today
My brother-in-law recently gave me a tour of Timmins, Ont., to show me the new shopping malls, residential districts, the multi-million dollar hospital, new parks, and so on. It was most impressive so…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
EDITORIAL PAGE — Left out in the cold
Last week’s agreement between the U.S. and Russia over uranium imports into the U.S. is a slap in the face to Canadian producers. It is also a violation of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA). …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Escondida discovery in Chile
Recent letters by Siegfried Muessig and Patrick Burns published in The Northern Miner have challenged my role in the discovery of the Escondida orebody in Chile. Theirs are remarkable assertions, give…
Work continues on Wrightbar’s Quebec ground
Vancouver-listed Charlim Explorations has discovered two gold zones on the Bourlamaque Twp. property of Wrightbar Mines (ME). Charlim is earning a half interest in the gold property by paying Wrightba…
Hemlo drilling Sagar-III property
Producer Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) has started drilling on the Sagar-III property in the Labrador Trough region of northeastern Quebec. The company hopes to identify the source of gold- and uranium-rich …
Perron honored
The chief executive officer of Deak Resources, Alex Perron, received a gift from Nova Scotia at the recent PDAC convention in Toronto. The gift is a hand-painted 18-inch china plate edged with 24-cara…
Drilling boosts La Fortuna project
Recent drilling has left San Fernando Mining (VSE) confident that it can prove up a significant gold-silver-copper deposit on its La Fortuna mine project in Mexico. The road-accessible property is in …
Keevil tightens grip on Teck
An agreement with Metall Mining (TSE) provides Norman Keevil and his family with a strategy to prevent voting shares of Teck (TSE), of which he is president, from being acquired by any unfriendly shar…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Reserves double at Beaufor project
Toronto-listed partners Aurizon Mines and Louvem Mines have almost doubled the diluted geological reserves at their Beaufor project near Val d’Or, Que. The figure has increased to 626,700 tonnes avera…
NEWS IN BRIEF (March 21, 1994)
Pacific Northern Ventures (PNV:VSE) has changed its name to Pacific International Hardwoods on a share-for-share basis.
Royal Minerals lands Montanore
In a share swap, Utah-based Royal Minerals (NASDAQ) plans to acquire the outstanding shares of privately owned Montana Reserves. Existing shareholders of Royal Minerals will end up owning about 18% of…
LAST BUT NOT LEAST — Oracle Ridge running smoothly
Five months after operations resumed, the Oracle Ridge copper mine in southwestern Arizona is reported to be running smoothly. Seventy-per-cent owner Southern Copper (VSE) placed the underground mine …