Thunderwood active near Owl Creek
With a 35% interest in a property sandwiched between the Owl Creek gold mine on the east and the Bell Creek mine on the west, Thunderwood Resources (TSE) had an unobstructed view of this summer’s acti…
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LABRADOR NEWS ROUNDUP — Kingurutik ground shows promise
Preliminary sampling carried out on the Kingurutik North and South properties in Labrador have returned values of up to 0.31% nickel, 0.4% copper and 0.065% cobalt. The properties, held by Vancouver-l…
LABRADOR NEWS ROUNDUP — Tellis, Kernow outline anomalies
A geophysical survey flown over the Harp Lake and Voisey Bay claim blocks in Labrador has led to the identification of 43 geophysical anomalies.Equal partners Tellis Gold Mining (VSE) and Kernow Resou…
LABRADOR NEWS ROUNDUP — Carmelita defines anomalies
Airborne geophysical surveys have identified several coincident magnetic and electromagnetic anomalies on ground held by Carmelita Petroleum (VSE) in Labrador. The junior holds a half interest in eigh…
LABRADOR NEWS ROUNDUP — Drilling of ANAK-1 returns sulphides
Drilling on the ANAK-1 property, 20 km northwest of the Voisey Bay nickel-copper-cobalt discovery in Labrador, has encountered mineralization.Partners Tapestry Ventures (VSE) and Portman Explorations …
LABRADOR NEWS ROUNDUP — Konrad to be drill-tested
Drills will soon begin turning on the Konrad property, 35 km west of the nickel-copper-cobalt discovery in Voisey Bay, Labrador.Owner International CanAlaska Resources (VSE) plans to drill-test at lea…
NEW HORIZONS — Microwaves and metallurgy: A Maritime innovation
A New Brunswick-based technology company has developed what it believes is an efficient and economic process for treatment of refractory gold ores and concentrates.For the past eight years, Fredericto…
OBITUARY — JOHN PATERSON
John Paterson, a prominent mining engineer, has died following a brief illness.At the time of his death in Vancouver, B.C., Dr. Paterson was a director and executive vice-president of operations for D…
Placer walks away from Kazakh gold project
The collapse of an agreement that would have seen a restructuring of the ownership of the Vasilkovskoye gold project in northern Kazakhstan has resulted in Placer Dome’s (TSE) withdrawal from the join…
Study identifies next crop of nickel mines
The Voisey Bay and McCreedy East deposits in Canada, and the Loma de Hierro deposit in Venezuela, have been identified as “outstanding” mine projects for development in a study by CRU International.Th…
Odds ‘n’ Sods — Little Johnny: An unsung hero remembered
On my trips up north, I try to keep in touch with various of the now-old-timers with whom I worked in the Timmins camp of Ontario during the 1930s and ’40s. Lately, however, there have been fewer pers…
Canadians killed in helicopter crash
An M18 Soviet helicopter chartered by a subsidiary of Cameco recently crashed in the Tien-Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, killing all on board.The Kyrgyz Air helicopter was carrying 12 passengers and th…