1993

A new association based in Rama, Ont., is promoting the desire of aboriginals to work with mining companies in exploration, mine development and resource management. The Canadian Aboriginal Minerals A…

Mining at the Selbaie copper-zinc-gold-silver property in northwestern Quebec will be shifting solely to open pit with the closure of the underground operations by the end of 1993. Owner of the proper…

A frenzy of speculation centered around the Kilometre-88 region of Venezuela continued to stoke markets during the week ended Jan. 19. The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index gained 18.72 points …

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…

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…

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…

Margaret Saunders appointed director.

Wayne Stafford and Edwin Mowat appointed directors.

Eric Carlson appointed director and president; David Pearce and Terry Holland appointed directors.

G. McKenzie appointed president; David Hudson appointed director.

British Columbia Premier Michael Harcourt was to lead a delegation of business executives on a trade mission to Europe later this month. But one after another, the industry moguls bowed out with imagi…

Vera Eden joined the goods and services tax (GST) revolt the other day. When a plumber came to her Victoria home, she paid him for his work, but they agreed to ignore the GST. “We hate it,” said Eden,…