N.B. Mining Week
The New Brunswick Mining Association will celebrate its third annual Mining Week from May 27 to June 1. Theme for 1991 is “the importance of minerals in the everyday life of the people of New Brunswic…
News
Pamour named in tailings mishap
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has issued an order against Pamour (TSE) which requires the company to take certain steps in relation to an incident last October near Matachewan, Ont., involvi…
American to sell Paymaster stake
Vancouver-based American Reserve Mining (ME) has decided to sell its 40% interest in the Paymaster gold mine project at Timmins, Ont. The company says it has held discussions with potential buyers and…
OGS in advance Sudbury move
Sixteen employees of Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines recently took up positions at the Ontario Geological Society’s (OGS) “advance office” in Sudbury, Ont. The OGS is set next yea…
Geologists meeting
More than 1,000 geologists from around the world are expected to register at a joint meeting May 27-29 in Toronto of the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Association of Canada and t…
PROFILE Queenston’s Harbinson banks on Kirkland Lake
The Kirkland Lake area in northeastern Ontario has been famous for gold production since early this century. Today it remains a staking ground for Canadian miners. Queenston Mining, for one, takes pri…
Zinc price set to rebound says Nanisivik president
As 40% of the world’s zinc producers will have trouble meeting their cash costs at current prices, zinc won’t remain at recent levels for very long, said Graham Farquharson, President of Conwest Explo…
PEOPLE GEOSTAR MINING
Brent Jardine appointed president and director succeeding Brian Emore who resigned as president but will remain on as a director.
Drilling extends strike length RFC expands Pend Oreille
Halfway through a 20,000-ft. underground drilling program on the Pend Orielle project in Washington State, RFC Resource Finance (TSE) has extended the strike length of the Yellowhead zone by 600 ft. L…
Rouyn reports quarterly output
Production of 3,450 oz. gold was reported by Rouyn Mining Resources (TSE) during the first quarter from its Francoeur mine project near Rouyn- Noranda, Que. Rouyn, the operator, and its 50-50 partner …
Veteran of Eskay dispute seeks job as claims inspector
A director of Waterford Resources (VSE), a company prominent in recent claim disputes in northwestern British Columbia’s Eskay Creek gold camp, has resigned to “pursue career goals” with the province’…
Unlisted Trading Wye plans drilling
Lightly traded Wye Resources says it plans to drill a newly acquired parcel of land in Gorham Twp., near Thunder Bay, Ont., this June. Commonly known as Thunderhead Gold Mines, the property contains b…