Roxmark drilling Magnet mine bet
Half of a 10,300-ft drill prorgam has been completed by Roxmark Mines on the company’s property near Geraldton, Ont. Located in Errington Twp., the property includes the old Magnet mine shaft and unde…
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Abermin should benefit from Aberford/Encor merger
A merger between Aberford Resources and Encor Energy (formerly Dome Canada) is expected to benefit Vancouver-based Abermin Corp. According to Roger P. Taylor, Abermin president, the proposed merger wi…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES Kent Process Control
New Jersey-based Kent Process Control, a manufacturing company known for developing such process control instruments as chart recorders and flow-meters, has ex panded its U.S. headquarters. Kent has m…
Better Resources builds reserves
Better Resources has come up with a drill- indicated reserve estimate for its Mt. Washington gold property on Vancouver Island. The reserves include some 194,700 tons at 0.23 oz gold and 0.99 oz silve…
Report from Papua New Guinea Placer Pacific gold jewel in the crown
Events and achievements in minerals exploration in 1986 confirmed Papua New Guinea as one of the places to be for gold explorationists and producers alike. Precious metals exploration activity rose to…
Bighorn options Sulphurets bet
Bighorn Development Corp. has acquired an option from Catear Resources and a private Calgary- based company to earn up to 60% interest of approximately 54,000 acres in the Sulphurets area of British C…
Renowned Canadian geologist Duncan Derry dies
Duncan R. Derry, eminent economic geologist and one of the Canadian mining industry’s leading spokesmen, died suddenly in Toronto this week. Indeed, he was known internationally for his many contribut…
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT MACLELLAN
SherrGold Inc.’s MacLellan mine, Snear Lynn Lake, Man., is the hands- down winner of the “Most Fiesty Mine of 1986” award. And for good reasons. Not only w as the decision to put the gold deposit into…
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT GORDEX MINERALS
At Cape Spencer, N.B., a small piece of land which juts into the Bay of Fundy, Gordex Minerals has demonstrated the viability of heap leaching gold ore in Canada’s Atlantic climate. Last year the St. …
Annual Coal Review 1987 COAL REPORT BYRON CREEK
A world-wide oversupply of thermal coal forced Byron Creek Collieries (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Esso Resources Canada) to significantly reduce the scale of its operations at the Coal Mountain mine…
WHAT’S NEW Chainless Blasthole Drill
Milwaukee-based Bucyrus-Erie has tested a prototype blasthole drill in a coal mine in the central U.S. Called the 49-R, the drill was designed for high performance, ease of operation and long life wit…
Canadian juniors involved with Gwyder oil well test
A $4 million(US) oil well being drilled by a consortium of Canadian, U.S. and Australian companies is past the 8,000-ft mark and fast approaching its target depth of 11,000 ft. The well is testing a s…