New high grade zone for Fairfield Minerals
A second high grade zone has been discovered at Fairfield Minerals’ Logan zinc-silver property 65 miles west of Watson Lake, Yukon. The property falls under a joint venture agreement with Getty Resour…
1987
Parklane to start drilling program at Contwoyto Lake
A 10,000-ft program of diamond drilling is planned by Parklane Technologies on the Rox/Vox claim group in the Contwoyto Lake area, N.W.T. The company says it is preparing now to start the first-phase …
Montreal Exchange (September 21, 1987)
Continuing to trade actively on the Montreal Exchange this week was Abitibi Metal Mines, which closed down 3 cents to 24 cents with more than 1.2 million shares changing hands. Confident about bringi…
Major drill program will start soon on Quebec Cobalt bet
A 35,000-ft diamond drill program is scheduled to start before the end of September on the Arrowhead gold property of Quebec Cobalt and Exploration in Joannes and Bousquet twps., Que. The 1,000-acre p…
Getty, Noranda to go underground at Tundra
A $25-million underground exploration program has been proposed for the Tundra gold project by partners Noranda Exploration (51%) and Getty Resources (49%). Located in the N.W.T., the Tundra deposit, …
Production early ’88 for Perron gold mine
Operators of the Sleeping Giant gold-silver mine project located about 40 miles north of here are gearing for a production start-up in January, 1988, The Northern Miner learned during a recent tour. T…
Wilco debenture deal
Wilco Mining has issued a convertible note to Deak Ariadne Ltd. which raised $1.1 million. The funds will be used to purchase 400,000 shares of Seadrift International Explorations which is drilling th…
Urangesellschaft planning uranium mine in the N.W.T.
Today, exploration activity in the Northwest Territories is generally directed towards precious metals. The reason? Shipping mineral concentrates out of the north is expensive when compared to a refin…
Red Lake tries old scheme to solve labor shortage
In mine management circles, it’s known as the good news bad news syndrome. The good news is that flow-through financing and higher gold prices have spawned unprecedented numbers of new mines across th…
Yukon Chamber mining school
The British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines will hold its 69th annual prospecting and mining school in Vancouver again this year. Classes begin Tuesday, Sept 15, and run Tuesday and Thursday eveni…
Lacana gets block of Newhawk shares
Lacana Mining Corp. is taking a bigger bite of the highly interesting Sulphurets gold-silver project 35 miles northwest of Stewart, B.C., via Newhawk Gold Mines. Under an agreement reached this week, …
Bitech funded for exploration work
A $125,000 working capital loan has been arranged by Bitech Energy Resources. The loan was provided by D.C.C. Equities. Exploration funding for the year will come from two placements of flow-through s…