Opening shots for the big new development program at the Macassa mine, in Kirkland Lake, Ont., were fired this week. Sinking operations began Monday on the new 4,000-ft shaft, in the centre of the pro…
The Cariboo district of British Columbia, famous for its colorful and prosperous gold rush in the middle of the last century, now seems to be entering a new period of mining activity. But whereas the …
At least once a month, as workloads and budgets allow, one of our magazine staffers flies off to tour and report on a mine in Canada. This is a matter of policy — we can’t adequately cover an industr…
Surrounded by coniferous bush, 209 km northeast of Timmins, Ont., sits the Detour Lake gold mine. It is the only fly-in mining operation in Ontario and, as such, has kept a pretty low profile within t…
An $800,000 financing agreement has been arranged between Wrightbar Mines and CMP 1988 Resource Partnership and Co., Ltd. at 95 cents per share. The money will be used on exploration work at the compa…
The Ariel mining group in Quebec has added a ninth member, Vancouver-listed Goldstack Resources. Goldstack has a 33 1/3% interest in the old Malartic Goldfield s mine site located near Val d’Or, Que. …
Saskatchewan Mining Association — K. J. Cahoon elected president at the annual general meeting held in Saskatoon recently.
No economic gold values were assayed in core from an initial drill program completed by HSK Minerals on the company’s Vigrass Lake project near Kirkland Lake, Ont. The program was designed to follow u…
Canamax — Amax Gold (Can) bought 83,500 to hold 6,922,057. Chelsea — Northgate bought 1,000,000 (private) to hold 1,000,000 common shares and bought 400,000 warrants to hold 400,000. Gldn Briar — M…
Stephen B. Roman, the man who took control of a penny mining stock in 1953 and built it into one of the largest mining empires in Canada, has died. He was 66. A spokesman for Denison Mines said Roman …
The copper “boom” appears to be coming to an end, according to any number of analysts, including Raymond Goldie of Richardson Greenshields. Supply of the base metal in 1988 in the Western world will j…
The Magino joint venture of equal partners McNellen Resources and Muscocho Explorations expects to make a production decision on its gold property near Wawa, Ont., before the end of June. Muscocho Pre…
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