Noranda drops Merry Widow
After carrying out a limited exploration program, aunit of Noranda (TSE) has decided not to continue its option onthe Merry Widow property owned by Taywin Resources (VSE) on Vancouver Island in southw…
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Assays awaited on Orex’s Goldboro
A 4-hole test drilling program has been completed by Minnova (TSE) on Exploration Orex’s (ME) Goldboro property in Guysborough Cty., N.S. The program was designed to confirm results from four earlier …
380 attend underground operators conference
Mine operators from across Canada turned out here in record numbers during the festive winter carnival season, Feb. 24-27, to take in the unique French Canadian hospitality and to exchange mine operat…
U.S.REPORT Durvada farms out Nevada properties
Calgary-based Durvada Resources (ASE) has farmed out two of its gold properties in the Sandy Valley area of southwestern Nevada to Dundee Resources (VSE) and Reymont Gold Mines (ASE). In the first dea…
Montreal Exchange Claim dispute brewing
A claim-staking dispute is brewing over property in Benoit Twp. in northwestern Quebec near where a gold showing by Freewest Resources recently caused a staking rush. The Freewest discovery instantly …
Netolitzky takes PDAC award
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) will honor seven members of the mining community at the annual awards banquet on Monday, March 25. Selected to receive the Bill Dennis Prosp…
IOCC GOLD OPTIONS (March 18, 1991)
Options Open Series Volume Last Interest Aug. 380 C 2 10.50 78 Aug. 400 C 40 6.00 93 Aug. 440 C 25 1.60 70 The New York closing gold price was $364.50 per oz. Last quotations for gold options traded i…
U.S.REPORT Bitech plans heap leach production
Toronto-based Bitech (ASE) has signed a letter of intent to purchase a 50% interest in Red Rock Mining, a private American company, for $800,000. Red Rock owns or has interests in 11,016 acres of heap…
Highwood acquires property interest
Toronto-based Highwood Resources (TSE) is acquiring from Nanisivik Mines the right to earn a 25% interest in a copper exploration project in the High Arctic. The project is on Victoria Island and is b…
Windy finds new zone at MacLeod
Recent drilling has intersected a new low-grade copper zone, the South zone, on the MacLeod Lake property north of Chibougamau, Que. Extending over a strike length of 500 metres, the South zone dips s…
Equinox’s Van Stone resumes production
Eleven months after completing the purchase of the Van Stone zinc-lead mine in northeastern Washington State, Equinox Resources (TSE) has brought the former producer back into production. Van Stone wa…
U.S.REPORT Production boost helps Hycroft .dVANCOUVER
Results for the year ended Dec. 31 for Hycroft Resources & Development (VSE) improved over the previous year as a result of higher sales and lower writedowns. The company reported a loss of $141,000 f…