Discovery West ponders Colomac Lake decision
A spokesperson for Johnsby Mines says the company has not decided yet whether it will put up 40% of the financing required to bring the Johnsby Colomac Lake gold property to production. A joint ventur…
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Westmin to drill with Eastmain and MSV
A 12,500-ft drilling contract has been let by Westmin Resources which will test several targets on the Westmain project shared with partner Eastmain Resources in Quebec. MSV Resources, which can earn …
Rio bids to buy mine it forfeited 14 months ago
A letter of intent to purchase the East Kemptville tin mine in Nova Scotia from the banking group which provided the original financing for the project has been signed by Rio Algom of Toronto. The tin…
Report from Calgary Looking ahead to a good ’88
With Christmas and New Year’s behind us, it is time to look at the exploration events of 1987 and to prophesy how they will continue in ’88. The Alberta Stock Exchange in Calgary boomed along with no …
Soquem seeks interest in titanium property
Soquem, the Quebec Crown corporation, has entered into a joint venture agreement with FinNeth Exploration, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Outokumpu Mines and Billiton Metals, on a titanium property in Q…
New York gold show aimed at the investor (January 11, 1988)
With the pall of Black Monday still hanging over world stock markets, more professional and private investors are taking a close look at gold as an investment which has remained stable, yet still offe…
Queries Rayrock drills Rembrandt’s Bellevista
My mother had 1,000 shares of Rembrandt Gold Mines (formerly 5,000 New Taku Mines) certificates dated Nov 10, 1981. While Rembrandt was apparently delisted and written off as having no value, the is…
Galactic releases new Ivanhoe results
Vancouver-based Galactic Resources and partner Cornucopia Resources have released some new drill results from the Ivanhoe joint venture gold property at Carlin, Nev. Galactic Chairman Robert Friedland…
Mount Wright seeks royalty payment from Exminesa
Legal proceedings by a company controlled by Lac Minerals of Toronto will soon be under way in Spain to collect a royalty owed to it by the mining firm Exploracion Minera Internacional Espana S.A. (Ex…
New Arseno refractory process of interest to gold miners
When City Resources starts processing ore at its Cinola gold mine late in 1989, it will be using a new refractory treatment process, one that has not previously been used commercially. The Arseno proc…
Controlling the price of a metal
The dream of great wealth to be obtained from control of the international price of a metal or other commodity has ensnared many an adventurer. It is heady wine and is often carried with an obsession …
Core examined
More than 50,000 ft of core drilled in the vicinity of the F-zone deposit at the Mattabi mine in northern Ontario have been moved from temporary storage for examination. An additional 20,000 ft have b…