RTZ to close UK tin smelter
London-based RTZ (NYSE) is closing its wholly owned Capper Pass tin smelter at Ferriby, North Humberside, England, because of deteriorating commercial conditions. The controlled closure is expected to…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Barrick’s Munk exercises option
American Barrick Resources'(TSE) flamboyant Chairman Peter Munk recently showed his colleagues just why he is regarded as the golden boy of the Canadian mining industry. As revealed by the Ontario Sec…
Montreal Exchange: New life for Eastmain
New life has been breathed into the Eastmain gold project in northwestern Quebec near James Bay. Property owner MSV Resources has struck a joint venture deal, subject to regulatory approval, with Mest…
Viceroy sells 25% of project to raise funds for startup
VANCOUVER The sale of a 25% interest in the Castle Mountain project in San Bernardino Cty., Calif., for US$17.5 million lifts the final financing hurdle for owner Viceroy Resources (TSE), and clears t…
Westpine releases reserve estimate
A preliminary mineral inventory calculation was released by Westpine Minerals (VSE) for the Lower North zone of the Empress showing on the Taseko copper-gold property, 140 miles north of Vancouver, B….
Chutline acquiring mineral properties
Stan North Mining, a private company with gold and base metal properties in Ontario and Manitoba, is negotiating to sell its assets to Toronto-based Chutline Resources (VSE). Both companies share comm…
NDU cuts good widths on Bend deposit in Wisconsin
The Bend deposit in Wisconsin has yielded the widest intersections of copper-gold mineralization yet for NDU Resources (VSE). Infill drilling on an established reserve, NDU cut 69.5 ft. (true width) g…
PEOPLE (February 18, 1991)
MINEREX RESOURCES — Wayne Lenton appointed chairman of the board; John Devitt appointed president and director. ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD — Frank Mink and Philip Prince appointed vice-chai…
Corona narrows focus with flurry of selloffs
VANCOUVER The share price of Corona (TSE) has strengthened modestly in recent weeks as the company continues efforts to divest itself of non-core assets in order to reduce debt and move ahead with its…
Kemess drilling cuts wide values
Drilling on the South Kemess project continues to expand the area of mineralization with assays from all the holes in the recent winter program intersecting wide copper-gold values. The South Kemess p…
Loki reports reserves for Brewery Creek project
Results from an initial reserve study on the Brewery Creek project were released by Loki Gold (VSE), a juniopr holding an option to earn a 40% working interest in the Yukon gold project from a unit of…
Quote, Watson plan to capitalize on large magnesium-rich stock
A large ultrabasic intrusive in Riggs Twp., near Wawa, Ont., is the focus of an intriguing industrial mineals play managed by Quote Resources (VSE) and Watson Lake Mines (ASE). The equal partners (T.N…