Seabright open pit
Mining from the first bench of the Touquoy open pit has removed 27,000 tonnes of rock grading 1 g gold per tonne (0.029 oz gold per ton) Seabright Explorations (TSE) says. The Touquoy property is in N…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
People (May 22, 1989)
METALLGESELLSCHAFT AG — Dr. Heinz Schimmelbusch appointed chief executive officer and will be based in Frankfurt, West Germany.
April spectacular month for Jolu mine
The production performance of the Jolu mine in Saskatchewan was impressive in March. In April it was spectacular. Jolu turned out 7,466 oz of gold in April, a 29% increase from the 5,775 oz produced i…
Diamond drillers face the 1990s with uncertainty
There’s good news and bad news as Canada’s diamond drillers face the 1990s. The good news is that there’s a level of prosperity in the industry that hasn’t been enjoyed for at least a decade, the res…
LAC offering
A preliminary short form prospect with respect to the offering of seven million units (shares and warrants) will be filed with the Ontario Securities Commission by LAC Minerals (TSE). Each unit will c…
Prospector field school gets government grant
Ontario prospectors can learn about the latest techniques and methods of ground geophysics during a 3-day field school offered by the Haileybury School of Mines. The field school is funded by a $3,…
Squeezed out of $150-m project Witte looks for `another Colomac’
Margaret (Peggy) Witte could be forgiven for feeling a twinge of bitterness if and when the first gold is poured from the Colomac gold project next year. After all, the 35-year-old metallurgist was …
Cogema drills gold in Burntbush area
Drilling by Cogema Canada, a wholly-owned affiliate of Cogema, the French nuclear fuels company, has encountered gold values on a 312-claim property in the Burntbush River area of Ontario. An extensio…
Slowdown could cut CDDA’s revenue
A slowdown in Canada’s mineral exploration activity this year could cut into the Canadian Diamond Drillers Association’s revenue. Speaking at the association’s 1989 annual meeting here recently, incom…
Laser verifies deviation just 0.01% in 450-ft-deep hole, 8.5
An indication of the advances being made in diamond drilling is the remarkable success of a 450-ft- long vertical pilot hole recently drilled at Inco’s Crean Hill mine in Sudbury. The hole broke throu…
Cons. Professor moves cautiously at Duport
The first in a series of environmental permit applications for the Duport gold project has been submitted by Consolidated Professor Mines (TSE) to Ontario’s environment ministry. Professor’s Duport go…
Metal Prices (May 22, 1989)
FREE MARKET London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date May 16 May 15 May 12 May 11 May 10 Copper 1622…