1987

Your editorial — Mine fatalities study must be nation-wide — is indeed timely. The mining industry does require a greater effort to look into the causes of mine fatalities. However, your assertion t…

A $4.5-million preliminary budget, including $2.5 million for an underground decline to the 820-ft level, for the balance of 1987 and up to June 30, 1988, has been established for the MacMillan Energy…

Visible gold has been identified in eight of 11 holes logged to date at the joint-venture Dufferin mine gold property in Nova Scotia, Jascan Resources and Novamin Resources/ Breakwater Resources repor…

An application filed by Metalore Resources to have certificates relating to a claim filed by Ontex Resources against Metalore removed, has been rejected by the Senior Master of the Supreme Court of On…

Big union leaders should be ashamed of how they’re opposing freer trade. Bob White of the autoworkers, Shirley Carr of the clc and Jeff Rose of cupe are all indulging in irresponsible scaremongering o…

An exploration program has been completed on the Kerr property owned by Western Canadian Mining Corp. The program of drilling, trenching and geochemical surveys outlined three target areas which will …

The International Finance Corporation, a division of the World Bank, will participate with Exall Resources in the latter company’s gold project in Ghana, West Africa. In return for arranging financing…

Assay results from the first hole drilled in a 20,000-ft program on the Sam silver property of Faraway Gold Mines near Houston, B.C., indicate one 45-ft section with ore values comparable to the gross…

Turbulent trading continues to be the trademark of the current market, where the weakened state of the U.S. dollar seems to be the focus of everyone’s attention, as well as that country’s huge deficit…

Volumes were way down on the Vancouver Stock Exchange this week compared to the previous week. Only one issue — Tundra Gold Mines — traded more than a million shares. Last week Tundra traded more th…

A joint-venture agreement involving the Wapiyao Lake and Bing Lake properties in the La Ronge gold belt of northern Saskatchewan has been entered into by Silvera Resources and Placer Dome. The agreeme…

American Barrick Resources reports net income of $11.7 million or 34 cents per share on revenue of $83 million for the first nine months of 1987 compared with net income of $11.4 million or 28 cents …