1988

American Barrick Resources has a firm $3-million exploration budget for 1988, exclusive of exploration activity in the vicinity of the Mercur and Goldstrike gold mines in Nevada.(For information on th…

The Royex group, which includes International Corona Resources, Lacana Mining and Mascot Gold Mines, expects to intensify its search for exploration and acquisition opportunities in 1988 under newly- …

Inco Gold, the recently-created company that handles Inco Ltd.’s gold exploration and development, will spend $40 million this year searching for precious metals around the world. This represents a 52…

High-pressure slurry pumps, manufactured by geho Pumps of the Netherlands, are now available in Canada. The company has established an office in Schofield, Wis. and has formed a new company — geho Pu…

TOODOGGONE In terms of exploration activity, 1987 was one of the best years ever for the Toodoggone gold camp, north of Smithers, B.C. Much of the work was flow-through-funded, which obviously will pl…

Outokumpu Equipment of Canada has been appointed the agent in Canada for the industrial line of products manufactured by Berthold of West Germany. ** Products include density gauges, level measurement…

Consolidated Gold Fields of London, England conducts exploration in North America through two wholly-owned subsidiaries — Gold Fields Canadian Mining in Canada and Gold Fields Mining Corp. in the U.S…

Continuing the remarkable forward trend which has been in progress for several years, Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines, in 1937, marked up increases of 120 per cent in net profits after all charges. The co…

The buzz of activity in platinum exploration has created some confusion among investors. Assays are often reported as “pgms per ton.” That means all six of the platinum group metals (or pgms) containe…

LEP Chemical, a major chemical manufacturer in the United Kingdom, has come up with a rather remarkable solution to the time-consuming problem of repairing conveyor belts which develop tears and rips …

There comes a time in every explorationist’s life when he or she must enter upon private property. In most cases, no problems will be encountered, but every so often they are. The problem usually take…

Dickenson Mines plans to spend $1.3 million on various exploration projects in 1988. This is roughly the same amount spent in 1987 and the search is again primarily for precious metals. In the Slocan …