New Westray mining plan is proposed
A plan that would lead to a resumption of mining in the colliery of the Westray coal mine where 26 men were killed in a May, 1992, methane explosion has been submitted to the Nova Scotia government. E…
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UWO short course on diamond exploration
Student geologists at the University of Western Ontario are planning a short course on diamond exploration March 5. Two of the speakers are The Russian Academy of Science’s Nikolai Sobolev and Souther…
Letters welcome (January 25, 1993)
The Northern Miner welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be typed and signed, and include the full name, address and telephone number of the writer (for verification of authorship). The North…
PEOPLE — CURLEW LAKE RESOURCES (January 25, 1993)
Margaret Saunders appointed director.
PEOPLE — CRUISER MINERALS
Wayne Stafford and Edwin Mowat appointed directors.
PEOPLE — KRUGER EXPLORATIONS
Eric Carlson appointed director and president; David Pearce and Terry Holland appointed directors.
PEOPLE — VISCOUNT RESOURCES
G. McKenzie appointed president; David Hudson appointed director.
Tournigan adding to Bear Pass
An agreement to issue 50,000 shares will allow International Tournigan (VSE) to acquire 100% of certain claims adjacent to its Bear Pass property near Stewart, B.C. Tournigan will issue the shares to …
PEOPLE — NEWHAWK GOLD MINES
Jack Thompson and Anthony Ransom appointed directors.
Proposed Shoal Lake gold project faces environmental
A concerns about the potential impact the project would have on water quality in Shoal Lake. According to David Smith, senior planner with MOE’s environmental assessment branch, private sector activit…
METALS MARKETS — Metals trade wars are heating up
The number of trade penalties imposed by OECD governments reacting to domestic complaints of dumping by foreign suppliers is up sharply. Those charged are accused of dumping product at prices below ei…
Tri Origin drilling at Lewis Ponds
A drilling program designed to follow up previous intersections of a 20-metre-thick sequence of massive, disseminated and fragmental sulphides is under way at the Lewis Ponds project of Tri Origin Exp…