NEWS ROUNDUP — Nora exploring Ghana concession
Partners Nora Exploration (ME) and Consolidated Manus Industries (VSE) have begun field work on their Kade diamond and gold concession in Ghana, West Africa. The property comprises 41.55 sq. km in the…
1994
Loki ups tonnage at Brewery Creek
As part of an ongoing feasibility study of its Brewery Creek property, Loki Gold (VSE) has released a new estimate of the Yukon project’s geological resource. Based on a cutoff grade of 0.3 grams gold…
Producer Prices (April 04, 1994)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US61.25-62.75 cents per lb. (Mar. 17, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US76-80 cents per lb. (June 10, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.65 per lb. (Sept. 23, 19…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — McLellan is no stranger to mining
For many years I have been a subscriber and contributor to The Northern Miner. Your recent editorial “Qualifications please” (T.N.M., March 14/94) left me in shock and dismay. It is a direct attack on…
OBITUARIES — McClelland helped Placer grow
The last of Placer Development’s early builders, Thomas McClelland, died recently here at his home. He was 84. McClelland earned a mining engineering degree at Berkeley, Calif., and learned the practi…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Claims staked years earlier
The Odds `n’ Sods article “An outstanding exploration team” (T.N.M., March 14/94) refers to prospecting carried out in northwestern British Columbia by Einar Kvale and Tom McQuillan, reportedly in the…
Newmont merger approved — Yanacocha expansion in works
The Minera Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru will be expanded to increase output in 1995. Newmont Mining (NYSE), which owns 38% of the mine, says production will rise to 350,000-400,000 oz. from th…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Ramrod picks up Carlin ground
In purchasing Westmont Gold, Consolidated Ramrod Gold (TSE) has acquired interests in several properties in the Carlin Trend of northeastern Nevada. The properties cover more than 15,000 acres and Ram…
China imposing a sales levy on miners
China is expected to slap a sales levy on domestic and foreign-funded mining firms to curb the growing waste of precious state-owned mineral resources. Song Ruixiang, China’s vice-minister of mining, …
OBITUARIES — Ken Polk
A geologist for more than 30 years, George Kenneth Polk died recently in Oliver, B.C., following a heart attack. He was 63. A native of North Bay, Ont., and raised in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., he graduated…
Caledonia offshoot nets record profits
Filon Sur S.A., the 25%-owned Spanish gold and silver mining subsidiary of Caledonia Resources (TSE), enjoyed record profits of $1.6 million in 1993. Filon operates an open-pit, heap-leach gold and si…
All-North options southern project
Junior All-North Resources (VSE) can earn a 45% interest in El Oro, a gold property 100 km northwest of Mexico City. An agreement in principle, reached with a Mexican mining company, calls for All-Nor…