Ontario’s mines division
Nineteen eighty-seven marked the first full year of operation for the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mining’s Division of Mines and Minerals. This division was set up to better serve the…
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Vancouver Stock Exchange Pezim Group back in the limelight
News of an important looking gold discovery southeast of Faro, Yukon, has pushed several Pezim Group stocks into the limelight including Golden Nevada Resources. The man friends and foes alike call “T…
Glimmer options Barnet property to Canamax
Glimmer Resources (gme:vse) has signed a letter of agreement with Canamax Resources to explore its 132-claim property in Barnet Twp., Kirkland Lake mining district, Ontario. The company’s new gold fin…
Int Curator drilling reveals encouraging reserve picture
Drilling of 23 holes by International Curator Resources has indicated an encouraging reserve picture on its Jualin gold prospect near Juneau, Alaska. The 15,000 ft of drilling indicates probable reser…
2.5-km, $65 conveyor belt key to Highland Valley transformation
Visitors travelling the Highland Valley highway at Logan Lake, B.C., last year must have wondered what was going on at the Highland Valley Copper mine site. Slowly taking shape, like some ancient Egyp…
Juniors can’t afford red tape for speculators
The following is excerpted from two letters sent to The Northern Miner, written by Jean-Jacques Martel of Amos, Que. Martel is vice-president of Explorations Minieres du Nord, a Quebec-based junior mi…
Letters to the Editor Industrial minerals coverage
I read with interest the results of your Readership Survey What readers like — and don’t like — about The Northern Miner, (Dec 14, 1987). I strongly disagree with the findings in one very important …
Jonpol cuts best hole yet on Garrcon bet
Several strong drill intersections have been completed by partners T & H Resources (40%), Jonpol Explorations (40%) and Coastoro Resources (20%) on their joint ventured property in Garrison Twp., Ont….
U.S.A. gold excursion planned by CIM
A field trip to a number of operating gold mines in Utah and Nevada is being planned by the Toronto branch of the cim May 22-29. It will include the Mercur operation in Utah, Goldstrike in the Carolin…
Alberta Stock Exchange Pelham, big trader
Another junior exploration company has fallen victim to the Oct 19 market downturn. Monte Carlo Gold Mines, which has had trouble getting the financing to explore its Aruba Island gold prospect, has f…
Zinc market facing an oversupply; lead benefiting from tight
A better year is forecast by Shearson Lehman Brothers for lead than for zinc. In its Annual Review of the World Lead & Zinc Industries 1987, Shearson says the zinc market is fundamentally oversupplied…
Bulk sample test planned by Aunore, Nova Beaucage
Joint-venture partners Aunore Resources and Nova Beaucage Mines say they plan to start mining in April a bulk sample from the Elder gold property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., and hopefully will be in pro…