The president of a junior mining company earning a 50% interest in the Vendome zinc prospect 30 miles north of Val d’or, Que., is optimistic the project can be in production within 12 months. Pedro Ca…
Faced with a struggle to survive, the mining industry in Canada has made tremendous strides in the last six years. In some firms, productivity has doubled in that period. Management in the industry ha…
A 950-oz gold loan will allow Aurtec Mining (ME) to bring its tailings recovery project at the Montauban mine near Quebec City, Que., into production. President Jean-Claude Caron reports the start-up …
The search for low cost, high quality gold deposits is taking an increasing number of Canadian firms into the jungles and mountains of Central and South America. Gold analysts say that as South Africa…
The mining industry has rushed to the defence of The Vancouver Stock Exchange and its role of providing risk capital for mineral exploration. Through advertisements appearing in local and national pub…
The VSE released results of its fiscal year ended March 31 which showed a deficiency of revenue over expense of $1.85 million before special items. Even though the Exchange held its position behind Ne…
A substantial drop in gold production at the 52%-owned Stirling mine in Nevada brought about reduced revenues and operating income for Cathedral Gold Corp. (TSE) during its 1989 first quarter. The com…
Audrey — Northgate Expl bought 500,000 (May, private) @ $3.75. to hold 3,300,500. Bachelor Lake — Que Sturgeon bought 30,00 (May) to hold 1,030,000. Battle Mountain — T Pate sold 24,875 (May) @ $13…
A fifth hole drilled into the Kerr zone at the Virginiatown, Ont., property of Armistice Resources (ME) has returned interesting values, the company reports. Underground hole 22W900-4, between 3,200 f…
Canadian juniors generally have been more successful developing mines in the United States than they have in their own country. The main attraction, of course, is Nevada where heap leach technology ha…
An option agreement has been signed by Villeneuve Resources (VSE) with Freeport-McMoRan Gold (NYSE) regarding the former’s Cruce gold property 35 miles north of Tucson, Ariz. Freeport may earn a 51% i…
Some say the magnitude of a mineral discovery can be measured by the lawsuits it engenders. If that’s true, the copper strike announced this week by Aur Resources on Societe Miniere Louvem’s property …
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