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Ian Hamilton, senior vice-president and general counsel for Lac Minerals says there is no truth to a suggestion that Lac has an interest in Scintilore Explorations. A street rumor reported in the stoc…

sampling of the former gold-producing Alpine mine property near Nelson, B.C., plans a detailed sampling of the underground workings as well as along an indicated extension for about one mile of the ve…

There will be disruptions in mail service because of rotating strikes at the post office. We will continue to publish weekly and will deliver The Northern Miner where conditions permit. Subscribers in…

Incomplete assay results from nonselective sampling from a grid along 2.5 mi of the ironside fault trend on the Midas Ax claims located 3 mi west of Goodsprings, Clark Cty., Nev., have been reported b…

A new drilling program is scheduled by Winteroad Resources on its Garrison Twp., Ont., property to test the down-dip extension and to extend the strike length of the gold- bearing zone identified by t…

We read with interest your report in the May 18 issue concerning three properties in the Labrador Trough area of Quebec optioned to Outland Resources. Since the article cites work carried out by the Q…

A $450,000, 4-month work program on property in each of Laberge and Desboues twps. in northwestern Quebec has been completed by Explorations Trois- Dimensions. The program consisted of geophysical sur…

Negotiations between representatives of Toronto-based Dickenson Mines’ and striking employees at the company’s Red Lake, Ont., gold mine have resumed. After rejecting a revised company offer of a thre…

No real performers stood out on the coats system this week. Edda Resources, which is getting into platinum exploration via a private affiliate, was steady at 75 cents . The private company has acquire…

An underground drilling program which will permit closely- spaced detailed drilling with relatively short holes at the Norbeau mine near Chibougamau, Que., is being considered by Norbeau Mines. The si…

The Geological Association of Canada will conduct a summer Field Meeting in the Northwest Territories Aug 31-Sept 5, titled Yellowknife ’87. The me eting will consist of two days of technical session…

Don’t count copper out, delegates to a recent meeting of the American Copper Council in Toronto, were told by a metals marketing field expert. Simon Strauss, who has an extensive knowledge of the Amer…