Precious metals
The 11th International Precious Metals Conference sponsored by the International Precious Metals Institute of Allentown, Pa., will be held in Brussels, June 14-18. The conference program will cover al…
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Northern Minerals resumes drilling near Matagami Lake
Northern Mineral Explorations has started a second phase of drilling on its gold property in northwestern Quebec’s Matagami Lake area. Two drill rigs are on the Isle- Dieu Twp. property now, says Pres…
Letters to the Editor Animals in mines?
A recent lunch time conversation turned to the use of horses, mules and donkeys in underground mining. The Wabana mine in Newfoundland certainly used animals underground, and I personally observed hor…
Pure Gold drilling at Keezhik
The first drill hole completed by Pure Gold Resources on the company’s Keezhik Lake property has intersected gold mineralization. Hole KL-86-1 cut 6.6 ft grading 0.375 oz gold per ton from 114.8 ft-12…
Echo Bay underground at Nuinsco’s Cameron Lake
It may have taken Echo Bay Mines a little longer than expected to make up its mind on Nuinsco Resources’ Cameron Lake gold project, but now that the all-important decision to head underground has been…
Montreal Exchange NA Rare comes alive
Drilling results from Casa Berardi pushed North American Rare Metals up for the second straight week. It closed at 53 cents , up 18 cents on the week, on 876,700 shares. North American, controlled by…
Rayrock operator of Costa Rica Bet
A joint venture agreement on the Bellavista/Montezuma gold property in Costa Rica has been entered with Rayrock Yellowknife Resources, Westlake Resources and Midland Energy Corp. Under the terms of th…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Market loses earlier volatility
While the Vancouver market has lost some of its earlier volatility, the over-all trend is still positive. Many investors are taking profits and this has led to some significant declines, particularly …
Augmitto extends the Patrick on Beaauchastel property ld
Extensions to depth of mineralized gold showings on the Patrick zone have been identified by recent drilling on the Beauchastel Twp. property near Rouyn, Que., by Augmitto Explorations. The drilling i…
Metals Report Moly’s fundamentals improving
Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not about to say that molybdenum is going to be a stellar performer for the rest of this decade. It’s not. But it could be starting on a slow but steady road to recovery. C…
McIntyre agreement, management buy of Smoky River Coal
McIntyre Mines says it has an agreement in principle for a management purchase of all of the shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Smoky River Coal, which produces metallurgical coal at its mine near…
range tables error
Readers may have noticed that some of the 1985 high-lows in the 1986-1985 price range tables published in last week’s edition of The Northern Miner were the same as for 1986. This was due to a techni…