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Student competition

Quebec mining group Vior- Mazarin and Les Affaires newspaper have organized a competition for geology students in Quebec studying at the university level. Students, working with an imaginary budget of…


Gordex finds high grade near Cape Spencer mine

Two drills are this week probing a new high grade gold zone discovered by Gordex Minerals on the company’s Cape Spencer property northeast of Saint John, N.B., according to President Hal Pawson. The z…


Despite awkward location Inco on schedule at new mine

As northwestern Quebec was blanketed this week in yet another layer of snow, Inco Gold could well have re-named its first gold producer “frozen” pond instead of Golden Pond. A severe snow storm hamper…


Chibougamau deal one aspect of Greenstone style

How does this deal sound? Buy a land holding consisting of 81 claims groups for $300,000 cash and 474,920 shares valued at about $1.2 million in total. Then, within a year, farm-out a 50% interest in …


American Pacific reactivates mine

In the 1970s the Honduran government imposed an onerous tax burden on Rosario Resources (a subsidiary of Amax Inc.) which led to the closure of its El Mochito mine, a major lead-zinc- silver producer….


Holmer Gold encouraged by Chevron results at Bristol

A strong drill hole has been completed by Chevron Canada Resources on the Bristol Twp., Ont., gold property held under option from Holmer Gold Mines. Hole 2 intersected 25.3 ft grading 0.278 oz gold p…


Stock promoter sentenced for life in 1987 shooting

A stock promoter was recently convicted of second-degree murder in the Toronto shooting of a millionaire stock broker at the 1987 convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, an…


Editorial Mining stories abound

Our “Odds ‘n’ Sods” column on this page continues to cover amazingly varied ground. Most, though not all of the columns deal directly or indirectly with mining themes and most, again, relate to an ear…


Lac-Corona hearing is set for Oct 11

Final showdown in the ownership dispute over the Williams gold mine at Hemlo in northern Ontario has been set for Oct 11 by the Supreme Court of Canada. International Corona Resources was awarded the …


Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (February 29, 1988)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 93.50 cents -96.50 cents per lb. (Feb 11, 1988). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.14-$1.18 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). BISMUTH: New York dealer $5.15-$5.40 per lb. (Feb 11, 1988). CAD…


Norwood-Oz results

Encouraging gold values have been obtained from the Exxeter property in Vauquelin Twp., southeast of Val d’Or, Que., which confirm the extension of the mineralized Zone 1 at depth, Norwood Exploration…


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