El Recio results encourage Greenstone
An underground exploration drift on Greenstone Resources’ (TSE) El Recio property in Costa Rica has yielded encouraging results in one of several veins being explored by the Toronto-based junior compa…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Eskay Creek upstages Iskut River gold camp
The Iskut River gold camp in northwestern British Columbia was upstaged late in the 1989 exploration season by the Unuk River camp about 25 miles away where Calpine Resources (VSE) made a significant …
Sale of Nevada gold bet considered by United Mng
Strong gold mineralization has been encountered in a Carlin, Nev., property held by United Mining and Westmont Mining. According to United Mining President Timothy Collins, a number of intersections, …
Vancouver Stock Exchange Investors await market direction
With economic ambiguity still the order of the day, nervous investors have been staying on the sidelines since the Oct 13 market drop. But this week’s small rally in gold prices did generate a new flu…
Norther Quebec focus of 1990 CIM symposium
A symposium on 60 years of exploration in the polymetallic belt of northern Quebec will be held in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., May 28- June 1, 1990. It is sponsored by the geology division of the Canadian In…
LAC to gain from BIG’s exploration potential
Promising exploration potential is one major asset Bond International Gold (TSE) will have to offer its new controlling shareholder LAC Minerals (TSE) of Toronto. According to broker Shearson Lehman H…
Samatrosum mine opens producing silver, zinc plus copper, lead,
The sun shone only briefly during the official opening of the Samatosum mine 40 km from this small community, but it was enough to cap a red letter day for Minnova Inc. (TSE) and junior partner Rea Go…
Partner of choice’
Placer Dome is trying to establish itself as the partner of choice’ among junior exploration companies looking to explore and develop properties in North America. If the number of deals Placer is invo…
Spot prices at a glance (November 06, 1989)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold $373.60+$ 5.25 Silver $ 5.17+$ 0.04 Platinum $487.25+$ 4.45 Nickel $ 4.52–$ 0.16 Lead $ 0.34–$ 0.01 Copper$ 1.24– 0.01 Zinc$ 0.70–$ 0.01 Courtesy of Sco…
CEIP seminars aimed to educate skeptics
If there are any remaining misconceptions about the Canadian Exploration Incentive Program (CEIP), government officials in the federal department of Energy Mines and Resources hope to have them cleare…
Current market
Current market conditions may have slowed the fund-raising but they haven’t dampened the enthusiasm of the officers of Armistice Resources (ME), who continue their search for a gold deposit at Virgini…
Correction (November 06, 1989)
Contrary to what we reported (N.M., Oct 30/89), there is no longer any connection between Stan West Mining of Arizona and Toronto-based Stan North Mining.