1991

Full production at the St-Aime-du-Lac-des-Iles graphite concentrator north of Montreal will resume Nov. 25 after having been operated on a part-time basis since April, Stratmin Graphite, a 75% owned s…

Union members at Cameco’s (TSE) uranium refining operation in Port Hope, Ont., have ratified a new collective agreement. The 3-year contract provides for an immediate wage increase averaging 4% and av…

It is remarkable how differently Canada treats its miners compared with its farmers. In the public’s eyes, farmers are heroes, stewards of the earth, defenders of a simpler, kinder way of life. Miners…

Donald Williams elected president; Morris Beattie, Owen Dolan, Alexander Burton, Donald Williams and Thomas Sawyer elected directors.

A 3-year extension was recently given to Sikaman Gold (TSE) on its option to bring the Snow Lake tailings project into production after tests showed that an alternative pre-concentration method could …

Former Metalore Resources (TSE) geologist Barbara Kowalski has successfully launched a new junior exploration company with a mandate to develop three claim groups near Beardmore in northern Ontario. S…

The results of a bulk-sampling program on Swansea Gold Mines placer property near Wisdom, Mont., indicate that the gold-bearing material has an average recovery of 0.055 oz. gold per cu. yd. The resul…

Higher output was reported by Cambior (TSE) for the third quarter of 1991 but net earnings decreased. The gold producer attributed the earnings dip to a large drop in the net selling price for gold du…

In what may be the start of an area play, Tantalus Resources (VSE) has reached an agreement in principle with a subsidiary of Citadel Gold Mines (TSE) to acquire a 100% interest in that company’s pros…

Arista Resources Inc – 650,000 shs offered @ 36 cents per sh. Prepared by Wood Gundy Inc.

Calgary-based Trev Corp. (ASE) has staked two groups of claims in the Lang Lake and Pickle Lake greenstone belts of northwestern Ontario. Situated 25 km north of Bond Gold Canada’s Golden Patricia min…

Crystal Peak Garnet, owned by Polestar Exploration (VSE), is probably the largest known garnet deposit in the world according to Vice-President Robert Wolfe. The deposit, near Hedley, B.C., measures o…