La Teko results very high grade
Some very high grade gold values have been encountered in a drill program at La Teko Resources’ Tillicum Mountain property near Nakusp, B.C. The project has a reputation for generating bonanza-type re…
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Further drilling for Achilles at Casa Berardi
Vancouver-based Achilles Resources is going to carry out a second-phase follow-up program of exploratory drilling on its 69-claim Casa Berardi gold property in Estrees twp. which it holds under option…
Platinum property for Cream Silver
Geology favorable for hosting platinum and chromite mineralization has been mapped on claims held by Cream Silver Mines in the Lac des Iles area. Located 50 miles north of Thunder Bay, Ont., the Lac d…
Scintrex in China
Scintrex Ltd. says it has a $640,000 contract with China to provide a helicopter-borne geophysical system for aerial mineral exploration.
Stop kicking a wounded industry
Tighten government spending? Slash the federal deficit? These appear but a daydream of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Certainly it’s a message that has not got through to the Canadian International De…
Drilling at Sumich
A surface drilling program has started on the New Beginnings Resources’ Sumich mine property in Nevada. The program will test for extensions of the zone along strike and at depth. Approximately 30,000…
Alberta Stock Exchange Trading slows down
Wednesday close, Sept. 3 Trading was inactive this week in Calgary with just 2,949,700 shares exchanged. American Oakwood Energy was the most active issue, trading nearly 350,000 shares at 23 cents . …
MAPAO reports: Accidents are down but fatalities unacceptable
On the whole, Ontario’s mines are safer now than they’ve ever been, according to statistics published by the Mines Accident Prevention Association Ontario (MAPAO). Injuries resulting in lost time for …
New Falco Copper team keen on Winston Lake
Production by early 1988 is what Ian D. Bayer, newly-appointed president and chief executive officer of Corporation Falconbridge Copper (CFC) foresees for the rich zinc orebody at Winston Lake, near S…
Aurun Mines reaches agreement with Placer for Huntington
Aurun Mines Inc., a wholly- owned subsidiary of Aurun Mines Ltd. has reached an agreement with Placer U.S. regarding Aurun’s Huntington gold prospect on Little Bald Mountain, Nev. Under the terms of t…
It’s a bad move to relocate the OGS
The following guest editorial is from Dr E. G. Pye, former director of the Ontario Geological Survey. Decentralization of government services has been a cornerstone of Ontario government policy sinc…
Audrey’s Mobrun project will be open pit operation
Treatment of a 20,000-tonne bulk sample from the Mobrun property near Rouyn, Que., is scheduled to start by the end of the month, Audrey Resources says. Audrey, which has the right to earn a 50% inter…