Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Black Hawk drills

Drilling has resumed with three rigs at Black Hawk Mining’s (TSE) Minago nickel project in Manitoba. The program will follow up the best results received to date on the property. Last winter, Black Ha…


Placer Dome appoints new v.p. exploration

International mining giant Placer Dome (TSE) has appointed Eliseo Gonzalez- Urien vice-president of exploration with responsibility for the company’s exploration activities worldwide, excluding those …


American Copper

The American Copper Council will sponsor its eighth biennial Copper College at Sheraton El Conquistador Resort in Tucson, Ariz., March 2-7. The theme of Copper College ’90 is “The past, present and fu…


SOQUEM, Equity regional’ find

A gold-bearing structure consisting of quartz-tourmaline-pyrite mineralization has been outlined on the Olga Lake property of SOQUEM and Equity Silver Mines (TSE), about 40 km east of Matagami, Que. S…


Metal snips Bougainville on care and maintenance

Owners of the Bougainville copper-gold mine in Papua New Guinea have placed the project on a “care and maintenance” basis. Capable of turning out 180,000 tonnes copper per year, the mine was closed Ma…


Western Mining listed on NYSE

Australia-based resource giant Western Mining Corp. Holdings (NYSE) was listed for trading recently on the New York Stock Exchange. Ordinary shares of Western Mining are listed as American Depositary …


FINANCING (January 22, 1990)

VANCOUVER Dromedary Expl. — 800,000 sold for gross $288,000. Nortran Res. — min 600,000 offered @ 47 cents per sh. Circumpacific Egy — 1,000,000 sold for gross $500,000.



Falco extends program

Falconbridge Gold (TSE) will extend the expiry date of its small shareholder selling program to Feb. 28. Originally scheduled to expire on Dec. 28, the program enables shareholders owning 99 or fewer …


Corona offering near $100 million

Following in the steps of two other major Canadian gold producers, Corona (TSE) has gone to the market to raise capital through an offering worth almost $100 million. Toronto-based Corona will issue n…


Wye Resources shuffles board

The board of directors of Wye Resources (COATS) have accepted the resignation of Martin Oosterveld as the company’s president and James Myslicki as vice-president. Elected as Wye’s new president is Da…


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