Odds ‘n’ Sods: Buckles Crescent
In the mid-1950s, during the Elliot Lake city planning sessions, a committee was formed and chaired by Franc Joubin (1911-1997). I was stationed at Joubin’s Technical Mine Consultants headquarters in …
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Int’l Northair collects further samples from Lobos
Following the release of encouraging sample results from the Lobos gold prospect in Mexico’s Sinaloa state, International Northair Mines (INM-V) is being approached by interested parties.The property …
Gold Funds (January 15, 2001)
Gold Funds as of January 4, 2001Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$11.09$5.17Price$6.70$4.500…
Early Round-Up in Vancouver
At the Cordilleran Round-Up, slated for Jan. 23-26 in Vancouver, B.C., delegates will study trends in corporate finance and ways to attract mineral investment to the province.In addition to finance an…
Virginia keeps the faith at James Bay
Prospecting and mapping by Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) have outlined several new gold-bearing and polymetallic structures on the junior’s extensive land package in the James Bay region of northern Que…
KEGS offers course on diamond geophysics
The Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society (KEGS) will be offering a one-day short course entitled “Geophysical and Geochemical Imaging of Canada’s Upper Mantle” on March 10 in Toronto, the Saturday…
Copper, nickel end year with a whimper
Metals markets suffered a difficult start to 2001. Copper prices shed US$80 per tonne on their first trading day (Jan. 2), eventually bottoming out at a 6-month low, and nickel suffered its largest 1-…
Rapu Rapu passes muster
Southeast Asia may not be attracting as much exploration interest as it once did, but that hasn’t deterred Australian-listed Lafayette Mining from advancing its Rapu Rapu polymetallic project in the P…
Cambior granted extension
Key lenders to Cambior (CBJ-T) have granted the company a 2-week extension for the completion of its financial restructuring plan, giving the company more time to arrange and consolidate its debt.Camb…
Letter to the editor: TNM ‘dismissive’ of global warming
I am amazed that The Northern Miner continues to be adamantly dismissive of the concept of global warming as shown in several recent editorials.Publications as varied as the Manchester-based Guardian …
Friedland, EPA settle Summitville suit
Denver — Mining financier Robert Friedland has reached a settlement with the U.S. and Colorado governments to end four and a half years of legal wrangling over an environmental cleanup of the Summitv…
CDNX starts year on right footing
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange fared well over the holiday-shortened report period ended Jan. 2. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index tacked on 126.5 points, or 4.5%, and finished the …