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…
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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…
Dejour, Canacord exploration pact
Dejour Mines and Canacord Resources report they have an agreement for exploration of Dejour’s claim block in Poirier, Que., and surrounding townships. Under the agreement, Canacord can earn up to a 45…
Troymin to drill
Troymin Resources reports it plans a drill program starting this month on its silver-gold prospect in northeastern Nevada. The company says it will consist of 1,500 ft of drilling to evaluate the pote…
Editorial A really big mining show
The image of mining will get quite a boost from the new mining pavilion at Ontario Place, in Toronto, officially opened the other day by Ontario’s ministry of northern development and mines. A kind …
Editorial Don’t worry about gold – it’s real money
Much is being heard these days about the woes resulting from the massive debts that have been built up by the devloping South American countries, especially Brazil, Argentine and Peru. Even the intere…