Teck, Tundra drifting yielding strong results
Drifting by Teck Corp. on property held under option by Tundra Gold Mines near the former producing Lamaque mine, continues to yield encouraging results. Work from the 3,200-ft level of the Val d’Or, …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Metal Prices FUTURES PRICES N.Y. Commodity Exchange (April 27, 1987)
Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) April — — 63.30 + 0.75 May 63.70 63.25 63.35 + 0.75 July 63.4…
American Platinum options PGM property to Placer
American Platinum Inc. has optioned its Rottenstone Lake platinum group metals property to Placer Development. Located in Saskatchewan, the Rottenstone property will be drilled by Placer this year. Pl…
Assays from trenches look good, Delbridge
Coats-listed Delbridge Mines reports good assays in three trenches blasted north and south of the main shaft on its DeSantis property in Turnbull twp., southwest of Timmins. Assays ran in excess of of…
Company making exploration plans
Depending on the funds available, Northern Minerals Explorations plans to spend between $600,000 and $1.5 million on its 1987-88 exploration program. On gold property in Isle-Dieu Twp., in Quebec’s Ma…
Editorial To which we say, amen
From an address by Harry M. Conger, chairman of Homestake Mining and chairman of the American Mining Congress: If there is one thing America needs today, it is renewed confidence in our own free ent…
Exall joins Denison in Ghana gold project
A third partner is joining Denison Mines and Sikaman Gold Resources on the quest for the yellow metal on the original Gold Coast in the Republic of Ghana, West Africa. Toronto-listed Exall Resources i…
Editorial No need to panic over Amoco deal
Dome Petroleum’s sad saga continues much in the news these days, a situation that is likely to continue for some time as the politicians are getting more and more into the act. Sparking this latest su…
Kidd to drill Chance ground
Further exploratory drilling is to be carried out by Kidd Creek Mines on ground it holds under option from Chance Mining and Exploration in the Timmins area. This new work will include additional foll…
Oretruck on fire at Murdochville
Two weeks after a fire claimed the life of a miner at the Noranda Minerals Inc. copper mine at Murdochville, Que., on the Gaspe Peninsula, a 13-ton oretruck caught fire underground. No injuries were r…
Technology spurs graphite demand
The total market for graphite in North America is small, between 50,000 and 80,000 tons a year (compared with 610,000 tons world- wide). But new technology is spurring demand at growth rates of 1%- 3%…
More Dome drilling on Melrose bet
A drilling program, overburden and diamond, is scheduled to be started after breakup on Melrose Resources’ Blackstock Twp., Ont. property by Dome Exploration. Dome says it intends to spend a further $…