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A $2.6-million underground exploration program has begun at the Maude Lake gold property, near Matheson, Ont. Work is being carried out under a joint venture between Equinox Resources, Technigen Corp…

The famous Quesnel-Caribou gold belt of south-central British Columbia, 45 miles northeast of Williams Lake, has a record of gold production for more than 100 years. Although there is only one small p…

Just the other day, at a meeting of the Toronto Geological Discussion Group, the publisher of The Northern Miner, M. R. Brown, proposed establishment of a Mining Hall of Fame. This, like sports Halls …

Total Erickson Resources has acquired 250,000 shares of Getty Resources in a private transaction. That increases Erickson’s interest in Getty to 1,089,300 shares or about 11.6% of Getty’s outstanding …

It gets colder in the Northwest Territories, a lot colder, but at least the test was done under freezing conditions. For 35 days in October and November, Neptune Resources test-leached 1,500 tons of o…

We’ve learned over the years that the wheels of justice turn slowly, and that includes Canada’s quasi-judicial securities commissions. On balance, it is probably best that they err on the side of deli…

An option agreement has been signed by American Barrick Resources and Independent Mining Corp. The deal gives Barrick the right to earn a 100% interest in Independent’s 9-claim gold prospect in Harker…

I would like to know if you could settle a dispute a friend and I have had concerning gold prices in the last 100 years. My friend says that gold has never been down near the $20 an ounce mark. I say …

Boring, are we? Where does Britain’s Economist magazine get off calling Canada “irredeemably boring?” It came to that unforgivable assessment recently in a research report titled The World in 1988. T…

In recent weeks, Argus Resources has figured prominently as investors respond enthusiastically to its massive sulphide discovery near Contwoyto Lake in the Northwest Territories. While the project is …

A decision on whether to grant Lac Minerals the right to appeal earlier court rulings awarding ownership of the Williams gold mine in the Hemlo area of northern Ontario to International Corona Resourc…

Another paper shuffle within the Royex Gold Mining group has resulted in a 13.36% interest in Royex Gold being sold to Galveston Resources. Consideration for the deal is Galveston’s 1.13 million PezCo…