McIntyre Mines says it has an agreement in principle for a management purchase of all of the shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Smoky River Coal, which produces metallurgical coal at its mine near…
Mining engineer Dr James Grassby, a former Inco executive, has been appointed executive director of a development campaign for Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. Dr Grassby’s mandate will be to work…
Encouraging intersections have been returned from drilling on the Snowbird property of X-Cal Resources in British Columbia’s Omenica mining division, the company reports. President Shawn Kennedy says …
A preliminary reserve calculation for the Fourax II property shared equally by Augmitto Explorations and Bay Resources and Services, concludes the property has possible reserves of 675,000 tons gradin…
The second-phase drilling program is slatted to start next month on the Independence property near Elko, Nev., by joint venture partners Westley Mines and Radcliffe Resources. Evaluation of the result…
A $4.2-million underground exploration program at the Seabee gold project has been given the go ahead by Placer Development. Held under option from Claude Resources, the Seabee property is located 78 …
With two mining operations running only part of the year, 1986 gold production for Total Erickson Resources amounted to 35,633 oz. The company’s Mt. Skukum project south of Whitehorse, Yukon, came on …
Approximately $1.3 million will be spent by the end of February on the Citadel Gold Mines property near Wawa, Ont. The work will include dewatering, underground and surface drilling, plus some develop…
The historical reserve policy of Dome Mines and its affiliate companies, to conservatively calculate reserves as only proven ore which can be mined without additional development costs, has been ended…
A 29,000-ft drill program is under way at City Resources (Canada)’s Cinola gold deposit in the Queen Charlotte Islands. The company says the program is designed to confirm the grade and tonnage of the…
Dore Exploration and Orofino Resources have entered into a joint venture on the latter’s 128-claim option in the Vermillion Lake project in the Mine Centre area of northwestern Ontario. The claims cov…
McGill University, Montreal and Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, said to be Canada’s two oldest mining schools, are jointly developing a new bachelor’s degree program in mining engineering. In an anno…
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