Montreal Exchange Market takeover talk
A couple of takeover bids, one confirmed and the other a rumor, highlight activity this week on the Montreal Exchange, where the mining and minerals index has been in decline and trading in general ha…
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Cash flow from Zeballos seen soon
Cash flow is expected this summer from New Privateer Mines’ Zeballos gold property on Vancouver Island. In the annual report Harvey H. Cohen, president, says that initial mill feed will be taken from …
NovaGold raises $2.75 million for work on N.S. gold property
Another gold exploration company in Nova Scotia appears to be headed for an underground exploration program. Soon-to-be-listed (on the tse) NovaGold Resources Inc. says a $6.6-million program is recom…
EDITORIAL Leave well enough alone in boom times
At a time when Saskatchewan, along with much of the rest of Canada, is enjoying one of the greatest exploration booms in the history of the province, it appears less than wise for the Saskatchewan gov…
Mazarin drilling on 3 properties
Diamond drilling programs have been commenced on three Quebec properties — Scheffor, Wilco and Samson — by Mazarin Inc. The Scheffor property is located 30 km northwest of Schefferville and is 1,000…
N.W.T. hotspots include Courageous, Contwoyto
Most exploration by junior mining companies in the Northwest Territories is for gold in Archean supracrustal rocks of the Slave Structural Province. There are four main areas where activity is current…
The VSE: Canada’s ‘mining venture exchange’
The Vancouver Stock Exchange in recent years has built an image of diversity, increasing the percentage of its junior industrial and high technology listings to almost 35%, even while it was significa…
Cdn. Gold results
Canadian Gold Resources and Monte Carlo Gold Mines report some encouraging values from a drill program on the Dik Dik mine property just north of Jellicoe, Ont. The two companies say assays received r…
Mining firms attracted to southwestern U.S.
Canadian companies have actively explored for minerals in the U.S. over the years, but the level of activity today has reached an all-time high. Much of it is taking place in the western part of the U…
Experts say heap leaching can work in sub-arctic climate
To the untrained observer they look more like unfinished parking lots than h low-cost mining operations.t With piles of ore fragments heaped on top of giant leach pads, it seems p Canada’s heap leach …
People (June 15, 1987)
Northair Mines — H. G. Ewanchuk appointed to the board of directors.
Maritime juniors in the search for gold
Exploration activity was up sharply in the Maritimes during 1986, and this year is shaping up to be even busier. More than 30 junior exploration companies are at work in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and…