Obituaries James G. (Jock) MacGregor
One of the top geologists in the world-renowned Thayer Lindsley mine-finding team, Jock MacGregor, has died at the Toronto Western Hospital at the age of 86. A graduate from Harriot Watt University o…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Santa Maria discovery at Opapimiskan Lake
What it describes as a significant discovery is reported by Santa Maria Resources, on its Zeemel Lake property in the Opapimiskan Lake area of northwestern Ontario. President Gordon Plaskett says in a…
Montreal Exchange Louvem makes deal
What got off to a promising start ended on a down note, with both the market portfolio and the mining and minerals index of the Montreal Exchange showing negative numbers during the latter part of the…
Alberta Stock Exchange Zahavy moves up (October 05, 1987)
A high grade gold discovery at Zahavy Mines’ wholly-owned Trout Lake property in northwestern Ontario made it the outstanding issue in an otherwise uneventful session. Trading on a volume of 66,700, i…
Report from Calgary Golden Rule et al discovery
What is the Saskatchewan formula to find a gold deposit? Find yourself a dog called Jasper and a talented prospector-partner named Richard Kuzmirski and put them in the La Ronge gold belt. The newest …
Renzy Mines Renzy/Agra seek financing for vanadium plant
Everything is beginning to fall into place for Renzy Mines of Toronto, Ont. Back in 1972, this little coats- listed company, devised a way to extract vanadium — a grey, ductile metal used to give add…
Treminco revises milling Contract
Production from the first level of Treminco Resources’ Ptarmigan mine project is on schedule and will be treated under a revised milling contract with Giant Yellowknife Mines. According to Treminco Pr…
X-Cal discovers third gold zone
A third mineralized zone has been discoverd by X-Cal Resources on the company’s Tyax property in B.C. The claims are located in the Bralorne-Bridge River area. The new zone returned an average grade o…
NSR set to begin ramping at Rand Malartic project
De-watering of the existing underground workings at the Rand Malartic gold project at Val d’Or, Que., is almost complete, NSR Resources reports. Ramping is set to begin as soon as the dewatering is fi…
Fury Explorations starts leaching
Leaching operations have commenced at Fury Explorations’ Grantsville project near Gabbs, Nev. This particular project is silver — not gold — and the company expects to produce approximately 165,000 …
Important discovery for Lac on Doyon
What is termed “an important discovery” by Lac Minerals’ Peter Allen, yet another new gold zone has been identified on the prolific Doyon property in northwestern Quebec it holds jointly with Cambior …
COATS Trading Features (October 05, 1987)
In a quiet week on the COATS system a couple of issues stood out from all the others. Chance Mining was up to 85 cents from last week’s closing of 69 cents . Chance retains a 10% net profits in some …