1988

Echo Bay Mines has budgeted $9.5 million(US) for exploration work on its Kettle and Key gold properties in Washington state this year. The company can earn a 60% interest for an expenditure of $10 mil…

Plans to sink a shaft and perform lateral stoping for the removal of bulk samples have been announced by Kapalua Gold Mines of Calgary for the Briscoe-Bryce gold property near Kirkland Lake, Ont. The …

One of the most active issues on the Vancouver Stock Exchange this week was Windarra Minerals. Some 718,900 shares changed hands as the issue slipped a penny to close at $1 even, once again proving th…

I worked at the Lake Shore in the early ’30s and your recent Odds ‘n’ Sods story brought to mind an event that happened there. I was a machine runner working for Jone Southall in a stope on the upper …

Mining concerns devote the majority of their time and creative talents to the traditional aspects of the industry exploration, discovery and production. Cash flow is always important, but has been vie…

Drilling by Conquest Yellowknife Resources on a property near the Renabie mine, has confirmed the presence of the Renabie shear zone on the claims. Located northeast of Wawa, Ont., the property adjoin…

The contribution of flow- through funding for junior exploration programs is still being felt in the Timmins area. One of the more interesting projects is known as the Puissance project of Orcana Reso…

Results are now available from a recently-completed airborne geophysical survey covering an area of 6,000 square kilometres surrounding the city of Timmins, and conducted by Ontario’s ministry of nor…

I do hope you plan to soon re-introduce oil stock quotations. Many of the oils have mining properties, for example, Barons Oil, in which I have an interest. Too, The Northern Miner is such a reliable …

Shareholders of Lac Minerals are sure to be pleased by the company’s 1987 earnings of $38.7 million. But when those same shareholders gather April 14 for the company’s annual meeting, there is bound t…

Completion of an agreement whereby Belmoral Mines will spend $10 million to acquire a 50% interest in Yorbeau Resources’ Astoria gold property in northwestern Quebec, and $5 million to acquire Yorbeau…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Mar 104.30 101.10 101.10 + 1.60 May 97.00…