1987

Recent drill results from Northair Mines’ Willa gold project in southeastern B.C. included one spectacular intersection grading 1.4 oz over 59 ft. According to Donald A. McLeod, president, check assay…

Vault Explorations has dropped plans to acquire a 48% interest in a gold concession in Mali. The company’s stock was halted by the superintendent of brokers office Jan 9, and it was asked to provide d…

Drilling by equal partners Stroud Resources and Chevron Minerals has intersected gold mineralization 1,600 ft northwest of known mineralization on the Hislop property near Ramore, Ont. Located northwe…

Two closely associated companies in the I.C. Christopher camp — Honcho Gold Mines and Baden Explorations — have reached an agreement with Beaufield Resources Inc. which will see the latter carry out…

Development work is continuing on the Wood Mountain kaolin property in Saskatchewan, operator Ekaton Industries says. A laboratory facility has been built on site which is evaluating the silica potent…

The first reconnaissance drill hole on the Clavos property held by partners Canamax Resources (66.66%) and Bruneau Mining Corp. (33.33%) has cut a 16.4-ft section grading 0.3 oz gold per ton. The Clav…

Mountain- West Resources says the 1986 agreement on its Elkhorn property with Homestake Mining has been restructured. The new agreement will allow Homestake to earn a 50% interest by spending $3 milli…

Queenstake Resources has optioned its Argus gold property near Bakersfield, Calif., to Childs International, a subsidiary of an Australian mining group. The company will be able to earn a 60% interest…

A lawyer who became a top mining executive playing a key role in the growth of Northgate Exploration into a senior international mining company, George T. Smith, died in Toronto on Jan 29 at the age o…

Since metal prices collapsed in the early 1980s, North American producers have had a propensity for whining about “unfair” competition from state-owned mining companies in Third World countries. The N…

A drill program is under way on a base metals property held under option by Mercator Resource Corp. The company is putting down two holes on the Sentinel Mountain property held under option from Texas…

A special meeting of United Siscoe Mines to vote on a proposal to acquire a controlling interest in American Barrick Resources has been postponed indefinitely. A special meeting had been scheduled for…