Yorbeau, Bourlamaque reach agreement
An agreement has been signed by Yorbeau Resources and Bourlamaque Mining Exploration whereby the latter may earn a 50% interest in Yorbeau’s Vauper property in northwestern Quebec. Bourlamaque may ear…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Toronto Stock Exchange Court news rally gives way to retreat
An Ontario Court of Appeal decision this week re-affirming an earlier court ruling to award International Corona Resources the Page Williams gold mine put into production by Lac Minerals in northern O…
Fun Fair Winners
There were three big prize winners at the recent Country Fun Fair of the Women’s Association of the Mining Industry of Canada. More than 550 people (not counting innumerable children) braved some driz…
Teachers see mining in first- hand tours
The mining industry in Ontario, through the Ontario Mining Association, has made a determined effort to acquaint the province’s teachers with the size, scope and importance of the industry. The oma s…
Orofino to mine Scadding deposit
Mining operations have begun on Orofino Resources’ Scadding property near Sudbury, Ont. Mining via a decline ramp will produce 120,000 tons of ore grading 0.22 oz gold per ton. Stockpiled ore will the…
BP, partners to produce from third Selbaie zone
A third zone will be developed at the joint-venture Selbaie copper- zinc mine in northwestern Quebec, with production to begin during the last quarter of 1988. Estimated cost of bringing the new A2 zo…
Letters to the Editor Pickens after coal, not gold?
Reference is made in your article in the Sept 28 issue, “Newmont pushed to wall by gold-hungry Pickens.” The reader questions that Pickens is really interested in gold. He is smart enough to know that…
Sitka Gold formed for Chicagof mine
Three companies involved in the Chichagof mine project 80 miles southwest of Juneau, Alaska, have put their respective interests into a new entity called Sitka Gold. Holding the largest equity positio…
Montreal Exchange Seniors show way
While the junior mining companies have tended of late to be among the active issues on the Montreal Exchange, two of the “senior” mining firms shared the limelight this week. Lac Minerals, which dropp…
Belmoral Mines would buy major interest in Louvem dw
The Quebec mining firm Louvem Inc. has attracted a second suitor. Toronto-based Belmoral Mines says it is prepared to spend $20 million to purchase a majority interest in the Val d’Or gold producer. B…
Reserves could double at Echo Bay’s McCoy prospect
If infill drilling at Echo Bay’s Cove gold deposit produces the expected results, drill-indicated reserves at the Nevada property could double, the company said recently. The Cove deposit is on the sa…
Vista is financing for Bootleg project
Vista Mines reports it has filed a preliminary exchange offering prospectus for a public offering of common shares with the Toronto Stock Exchange, and securities commissions in Ontario, Manitoba, Sas…