Golden Giant mine exceeds expectations
The Golden Giant gold mine in Ontario’s Hemlo gold camp continues to produce at levels exceeding predictions, reports Golden Sceptre Resources . The first mine in the famed camp to produce gold, pour…
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Bresea/Ayrex plan drilling
Drilling is scheduled to start this month by operator Bresea Resourc es and 50/50 joint venture partner Ayrex Resources on their 324-claim Casa Berardi property. Located in Desmazures and Cavalier twp…
Lacana expects to double gold production by ’89
During the next two to three years Lacana Mining Corp. hopes to more than double gold production from the current 60,000 oz per year to more than 120,000 oz per year, Dr William H. Gross, chairman and…
Books (September 22, 1986)
So You Want a Fight: Shareholder Rights and Remedies in Canada, 1st Edition, 1986 by Henry J. Knowles, Pamela Chapple and Tye Burt. ISBN 0-88796 366 8, 246 pages, heavy paper cover, $16.95. CCH Canadi…
Encouraging results from Goldstack/Sullivan bet
A new zone is shaping up in the central part of the Goldstack Resour ces’ Dubuisson Twp. property, reports President Herve Drolet. Located about seven miles west of Val d’Or Que., the property contain…
People (September 22, 1986)
GLAMIS GOLD — Andrew Milligan, president and James Carter, vice-pres ident and chief financial officer, have resigned.
Pioneer reactivating an Idaho gold mine
Almost everybody wants higher gold prices, but to profit from them you need a producing mine — or at least one that is ready to start up. The Stibnite mine 93 miles northeast of here fits into the la…
U.S. may produceh 3m. oz gold in ’86
U.S. gold production may approach the 3-million-oz mark in 1986, according to a study from the Metals Economics Group of Boulder, Colo. Production in 1985 is estimated at 2.1 million oz, with average …
Mines ministers focused on Canada’s energy security
Canada’s energy security was a key item on the agenda at a meeting of energy and mines ministers last week in Banff. Alberta’s Energy Minister Dr. Neil Webber predicted that if oil and gas prices don’…
Campbell said to have best gold tailings
Which major Canadian gold producer has the highest grade tailings dump? The answer was very to FreeGold Recovery which has been treating tailings at Campbell Red Lake’s Balmertown operation with a mob…
Industrial symposium
British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy Mines & Petroleum Resources ha s issued a call for papers for its planned industrial hygiene symposium, to be held Feb 25-27, 1987, at the Georgia Hotel, Vancouve…
Silver consumption down in the U.S.
For the first quarter of 1986 domestic industrial silver consumption in the U.S. was 30.8 million oz — three million oz lower than a year ago or down 1%, the U.S. Bureau of Mines reports. Usage, howe…