Drill programs of $2.5 million for Golden North
Diamond drill programs to cost approximately $2.5 million have been started on the Nickel Plate Mountain properties of Golden North Resource Corp., near Hedley, B.C. Golden North says the programs, un…
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The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT MASCOT GOLD MINES
Back in 1984 a 300-ton-per-day Bgold milling operation was being considered. In 1985 that jumped to 1,500 tons per day. In early 1986 it was increased to 1,8 00 tons per day and by the end of 1986 th…
SUPPLIER’S NOTES Sii Mining Equipment / Drillco Industrial Canada
Sii Mining Equipment Companies Canada was sold in December, 1986. The new company will be known as Drillco Industrial Canada and will be based in Sudbury, Ont.
CROSS CUTS OUTLANDISH
One has to wonder how Thomas Budnick is going to carry out his assessment work. The Massachusetts resident recently had mining claims on the planet Mars accepted by the county auditor’s office in Spok…
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT SEABRIGHT
When the managers of Seabright Resources sit down for lunch together, be it at one of the company’s exploration camps or in a restaurant in Sheet Harbour, N.S., the conversation usually touches on how…
50 YEARS AGO –FEBRUARY, 1937– MINING POLICY PROPOSED IN HOUSE
Sen. Arthur Sauve (Rigaud, Conservative) has given notice in the Upper House that he would move a resolution for the establishment of a many-sided Canadian m ining policy aimed at, among other things,…
EDITORIAL More Mining
A readership survey recently conducted by our editorial staff gave us some very important indications about what you want from The Northern Miner Magazine. Whil e those of you who replied to the surve…
Investment Comment Canada’s first heap leacher, Gordex has growth
Heap leach gold operations are usually associated with the western United States, particularly with Nevada and California, but on the eastern seaboard of Canada there exists a small mine which is the …
110,000 oz in ’88 Detour underground
It’s official. The Detour Lake gold mine northeast of Timmins, Ont., will go into underground production, with full production at the rate of 2,000 tons per day expected to be achieved by mid-1988. Th…
Delbridge to spend $350,000 on DeSantis
Coats-listed Delbridge Mines has raised $350,000 for exploration work on the former-producing DeSantis gold property southwest of Timmins. A stripping and trenching program is under way with bulk samp…
Mono fill-in drilling continues at Madoc
Mono Gold Mines says its consultant has estimated mining and milling costs of $65 per ton for ore on its Bannockburn property near Madoc, Ont. However, a production decision is not assured. The compan…
Gold bug bites Denison, Ghana bet with Sikaman
After being out of the gold exploration business for nearly seven years, Denison Mines is jumping back in with both feet. And the company is taking aim at the original Gold Coast, specifically the Rep…