Audrey to spend $8 m. on Mobrun
A commerical production decision is expected on Audrey Resources’s optioned Mobrun property near Rouyn, Que., once an $8 million exploration program is completed this June, reports president Guy Heber…
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Drilling progressing at Norbeau property
Two holes of a planned 6-hole surface diamond drilling program have been completed by Norbeau Mines on its property at Chibougamau, Que. The first hole, located 850 ft east- northeast of the old Norbe…
Shutdown plan is detailed by Pine Point Mines
Mining will stop by July of this year, and milling operations by year- end, under a plan to shut down Pine Point Mines’ zinc and lead mining operations at Pine Point, N.W.T. Shipping and sales of conc…
Torene drilling (January 26, 1987)
Torene Gold Exploration reports it plans a 10,000-ft drilling program on its Harrington Cove gold project in Halifax Cty., N.S. The drilling, to be financed through sale of 320,000 flow- through share…
COATS Trading Features (January 26, 1987)
Exploration work by Goldteck Mines on a gold prospect near Matachewan, Ont., is helping move the issue to the $1.85-$1.90 range. A trade at $2 was recorded during the week. Real Goldfields, which owns…
Coxheath gets cash
A private placement of flow- through shares has been completed by Coxheath Gold Holdings. The company raised $1.3 million which will fund additional exploration on the Tangier gold property 50 miles n…
Conference on computer uses will run at Laval
Several universities, together with the Surface Mining Laboratory of the Canada Centre of Mineral and Energy Technology (canmet) and the cim are organizing the first Canadian Conference on Computer Ap…
Johnson Matthey rep to talk at university platinum conference
The Outcrop Club, an undergraduate student organization in the Department of Geology at the University of Western Ontario, together with the Toronto Geological Discussion Group, have arranged to have …
Northern Minerals resumes drilling near Matagami Lake
Northern Mineral Explorations has started a second phase of drilling on its gold property in northwestern Quebec’s Matagami Lake area. Two drill rigs are on the Isle- Dieu Twp. property now, says Pres…
Letters to the Editor Animals in mines?
A recent lunch time conversation turned to the use of horses, mules and donkeys in underground mining. The Wabana mine in Newfoundland certainly used animals underground, and I personally observed hor…
Pure Gold drilling at Keezhik
The first drill hole completed by Pure Gold Resources on the company’s Keezhik Lake property has intersected gold mineralization. Hole KL-86-1 cut 6.6 ft grading 0.375 oz gold per ton from 114.8 ft-12…
Echo Bay underground at Nuinsco’s Cameron Lake
It may have taken Echo Bay Mines a little longer than expected to make up its mind on Nuinsco Resources’ Cameron Lake gold project, but now that the all-important decision to head underground has been…