Ontario to stress minerals’ role
Provincial mining officials will remind the public of the important role that minerals play in everyday life when Ontario’s third annual Mining Week gets under way June 1. As part of a program titled …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (April 13, 1992)
As lawyers for Sherwood Mines and Casamiro Resource Corp., we would like to bring to your attention a small detail which seems to be omitted every time there is an editorial or comment on government r…
BOOKS IN REVIEW (April 13, 1992)
The Professionals: The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 1892-1992, by A.J.Wilson. Published by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 1992, 348 pages, 25. This centenary volume covers …
GOLD FUNDS (April 13, 1992)
BGR Central Net Value $7.87 $5.07 Price $6.25 $3.750 Discount 20.54% 11.8% Value $46,837,000 $63,091,125…
FINANCING (April 13, 1992)
Best Pacific Resources Ltd – 1,500,000 shs offered @ 10 cents per sh. Ventex Resources Corp – 1,500,000 shs offered @ 10 cents per sh. Hong Kong Gold Corp – 750,000 shs offered @ 35 cents per sh.
OBITUARY (April 13, 1992)
Canadian mining lost another one of its elder statesmen recently when former Dome Mines President James B. Redpath died at the age of 83. Best known for his role in making Dome a leader among Canadian…
Changes designed for easier use
Changes introduced to our stock trading tables this week are designed to make them easier to use while continuing to provide the most comprehensive listing of weekly stock quotations for mining securi…
Selling pressures push down gold price
Gold: Prices of the yellow metal continue to retreat under mild selling pressures to the US$340-per-oz. level. Rumored sales by “large sellers” added little to the movement. While traditional uses for…
Size of zone growing: Vior
Drilling at the Douay gold property in the Casa Berardi region of Quebec is extending the boundaries of the targeted zone’s mineralization, Societe d’Exploration Miniere Vior (ME) reports. The zone, w…
Manitoba woos mineral exploration with grants, tax holiday for
Manitoba is introducing new incentives designed to stimulate mineral exploration and development in the province. Unveiled recently at the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC…
Major examines Taurus prospects
An undisclosed major mining company recently entered into negotiations with Lodestar Explorations (VSE) to earn a joint venture position in Lodestar’s East and West Taurus properties in eastern Alaska…
86-year-old Jack Kentish continues with nickel venture
Almost 56 years after he began prospecting in the Val d’Or, Que., region, John Kentish was recently awarded the 1991 PDAC Distinguished Service Award for his many accomplishments in the mining industr…