Aurochs option
Aurochs Exploration (ME) has negotiated an agreement with Robopro Inc. which will allow the former to earn a 100% interest in the Dovercliff property, 7 km. east of Rouyn-Noranda, Que. To earn its int…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
NO HEADLINE (October 15, 1990)
TEXT: REGIONAL SPECIAL, SECTION B NORTHERN ONTARIO & QUEBEC…
Mining continues to play a big role in Wawa’s affairs
The Town of Wawa owes its origin and history to the mining business, and even though mining and mining related activities are currently a declining contributor to the town’s economy, they still play a…
Quebec association’s research focuses on narrow-vein mining
In 1989-90, research was one of the Quebec Mining Association’s three priorities. The main problems consist in the need to transform narrow-vein exploration technology so as to considerably increase t…
Ennex, Cominco in Irish joint venture
Irish mining firm Ennex International says a 17-hole drill program is under way on its Rathdowney base metal properties in the midlands Ireland. Northgate Exploration (TSE) holds a 35% indirect intere…
White Gold signs crushing deal
Under contract with White Gold Ventures (ASE), S.D. Engineering of California will crush 50,000 tons of material for inventory purposes on White’s limestone property in Baja California, Mex. White say…
Third gold find in Merritt, B.C., area
A subsidiary of Laramide Resources (TSE) is reported to have made a new gold discovery on a property held under option from Inco (TSE) near Merritt, in south-central British Columbia. Laramide said re…
PEOPLE HIGH RIVER GOLD
A. MacGibbon elected chairman succeeding David Yue who resigned as chairman but continues as a director; J. Clucas elected president and treasurer succeeding Barney Magnusson who resigned; G. Oakley e…
Development to 6,800 ft. at Kidd Creek proceeding, but production
The Kidd Creek Division of Falconbridge Ltd. at Timmins, Ont., does not expect a 16-day loss of production to affect overall 1990 production, according to Vice- President and General Manager Warren Ho…
Val d’Or area hosts 10 mines plus forestry, manufacturing
Quebec’s city of Val d’Or is no longer the northern supply and distribution centre it once was because of the progress in that area made by nearby Rouyn-Noranda. The city, however, continues as a viab…
BOOKS IN REVIEW Eskay Creek featured in B.C. review
A new, definitive paper on the Eskay Creek gold deposit north of Stewart, B.C., is one of several geological articles featured in the newly released Exploration in British Columbia 1989. The British C…
Glencairn suspends operations at Raw Bean diamond mine
Toronto-based Glencairn Explorations (ASE) has suspended operations at the Raw Bean diamond mine in Brazil after being hit with a 60% increase in non-fuel production costs and 100% increase in oil and…