Better times for tantalum
A symposium on the extraction, working and applications of tantalum and niobium is being planned for the fall of 1988, the Tantalum- Niobium International Study Centre reports. The tantalum industry, …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Noxe busy at Laonil
A diamond drill program has been started by Noxe Resource Corp. on the company’s Laonil Lake property in northern Saskatchewan. The 2,600-ft program is testing targets near the Laonil Lake shear zone,…
Royal Oak drilling
A diamond drill program has been started by Royal Oak Resources on the company’s Maylac gold property near Geraldton, Ont. The 6,000-ft program will test several targets, including the down plunge pro…
Project feasibility near for Newhawk, Granduc
Overland access has been established to the Sulphurets project of Newhawk Gold Mines (60%) and Granduc Mines (40%) north of Stewart, B.C. A permanent camp is now on site and supplies are being hauled …
Resdership Survey What readers like – and don’t like – about The
You, our readers, are the final judge of whether we’re doing our job properly — covering the mining industry in a way that provides the information you need. But it’s often difficult for our writers …
Thunderwood finds more high grade at Gold Hawk
International Thunderwood Explorations has encountered more high grade gold mineralization at its wholly-owned Gold Hawk property in Malartic Twp., 13 miles west of Val d’Or, Que. President John Heslo…
Correction (December 14, 1987)
The Linda 2 Zone, a property in which International Thunderwood can earn 40% of Minnova Inc.’s interest, contains 13 million tons of massive pyritic sulphides averaging 0.3% copper, 0.8% zinc as well …
Free gold observed by Cache d`Or Res.
Free gold has been observed, and some high values obtained, in recent drilling by Cache d’Or Resources at its Dubuisson Twp. property, which adjoins the Kiena Gold Mines property, in northwestern Queb…
About delivery
The most consistent criticism we received related to delivery of the paper. “Improve your delivery time,” said one reader emphatically, a message echoed by 15% of those who took the time to write any…
South American Goldfields joint venture with Homestake
Another Canadian company, recently incorporated South American Goldfields Inc., which is closely associated with Golden Star Resources, is likewise turning to Guyana, South America, where a major gold…
Bresea listed on ME
Calgary-based Bresea Resources was recently listed on the Montreal Exchange (symbol bsr). Bresea, incorporated in the province of Alberta in 1980, reports it is carrying out exploration programs on pr…
Cliff to produce in ’88
Construction is on schedule at the Green Hill mine project operated by partners Cliff Resources and Canaustra Gold Exploration. Located in Nevada, the Green Hill project will process a placer gold dep…