Big Comstock block goes to new group
Control of Comstock Keno Mines is expected to pass to a financial co mpany by year-end. Stamford Bridge Capital Corp. plans to acquire a 28.5% interest in the inactive mining company. The acquisition …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
First-phase work is completed on Golden Triangle bet
A first-phase exploration program has been completed on the Lac Storm property in northern Quebec which is the subject of a joint venture agreement between Golden Triangle Mining Exploration and Sever…
Accelerated exploration program ready to roll at Lingman Lake
Drilling should begin this winter on a little-known gold deposit in northwestern Ontario held for many years by Twin Gold Mines. Located near the Manitoba border, east of Gods Lake, the property at Li…
Editorial Gold Gold Gold – Leading the pack
As exploration ’86 grinds to a close, we must admit feeling somewhat disappointed that, despite one of the biggest programs of exploratory drilling for gold ever seen in this country, no major new dis…
Maclan changes name
The name of Maclan Exploration has been changed to Can-Mac Explorati on on a share-for-share basis. At the company’s Davis Twp., Ont., property near Sudbury, stripping and trenching work will be follo…
Letters to the Editor Pamour success
I read the article on Pamour’s heap leaching test in the Dec 1 issue of The Northern Miner with great interest. My congratulations to them on their initiative and foresight in utilizing this technolog…
Norben drilling on Pan Empire extends structure
Norben Gold Resources, a private company 50% owned by Ateba Mines, h as intersected some good values on its Pan Empire project near Beardmore, Ont. Results from the first 2,225-m of drilling in the on…
Owl Creek West drilling resumes in the new year
Drilling on the Owl Creek West project will resume after the Christmas break by partners Montreal- listed Syngold Exploration and Kidd Creek Mines. In the meantime the latest round of drill results is…
Two underground programs give Muscocho good results
Muscocho Explorations says the ramp on the Magino gold project north of Wawa, Ont., has been completed to a depth of 200 ft and a crosscut has been driven for 600 ft across the gold-bearing formation….
Montreal Exchange Syngold backs off
After setting new highs for the past two weeks, Syngold Exploration came back down to earth with a thud this week. Once again it was the most active trader on the Montreal Exchange with 1,117,600 shar…
Appeal court orders new trial into Belmoral deaths of 1980
There was good news and bad news at Belmoral Mines’ annual Christmas party in Val d’Or, Que. The good news was the company’s first anniversary out of receivership: the bad news was a Supreme Court of …
Northfield and Armistice plan Larder Lake area work
Alberta-listed Northfield Minerals could acquire an interest in anot her strategic piece of ground in the Larder Lake area next to the Virginiatown gold mine operated by Kerr Addison Mines. Shareholde…