Skyline hires Placer executive
A former executive of Placer Dome (TSE) was recently appointed as a managing consultant to Skyline Gold (TSE), a Vancouver-based junior which owns the Johnny Mountain gold mine in northwestern British…
1992
NEWS IN BRIEF (December 21, 1992)
Golden Peaks Resources Ltd. (GL:VSE) has changed its transfer agent to Montreal Trust Co.
Greenland premier on information tour
In its quest for North American exploration investment, the Greenland Home Rule government recently enlisted the aid of the island’s top elected official. Premier Lars Emil Johansen went on the road t…
Ecudor plans work program
The start of a drilling program is planned for this month at the Dufresnoy-Clericy property directly south of the polymetallic Mobrun property, near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Societe Miniere Ecudor (ME) re…
METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (December 21, 1992)
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Dec. 15 Dec. 14 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Copper 1397-1398 1400-1401 1399-1401 1400-140…
Inco to meet with union on underground proposal
Nickel giant Inco (TSE) will meet with union officials at its Sudbury, Ont., operations on Jan. 4 to discuss a proposal that would shift 85 unionized and non-unionized office workers into underground …
Billiton completes Selbaie purchase
The sale of a 61.1% interest in Les Mines Selbaie to Billiton Metals Canada is complete, BP Canada Inc. reported. Financial details of the deal, which makes Billiton the sole owner of Selbaie, were no…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Beauchamps drills Quebec property
Drilling has commenced on Beauchamps Exploration’s (VSE) 87-claim Verneuil Twp. gold property just east of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que. In October, gold mineralization was discovered in a new pyrite-bear…
Encouraging assays from South Pipeline
Encouraging assay results were released by Royal Gold (NASDAQ) from the South Pipeline gold project in Nevada. The Denver-based company owns a 20% net profits interest in the property where a deeper h…
Lithoprobe has implications for mineral exploration
Lithoprobe, an integrated geoscience research program created in 1987, is providing new insights into mineral exploration in several mining camps in the Abitibi greenstone belt in Ontario and Quebec. …
Explosive land grab in N.W.T and Alberta
The area outlined for diamond exploration in the Northwest Territories and Alberta has grown to an estimated 50-75 million acres and there is no sign of a slowdown, local mining recorders say. At pres…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Canmine continues Fer activity
A gravity survey and 6,600 ft. of drilling will be carried out in January, 1993, by Canmine Resources (CDN) on its 100% owned Fer polymetallic property near Flin Flon, Man. The program will be finance…