U.S. REPORT Placer closing mercury mine
Operations at the McDermott mercury mine in Nevada of Placer Dome U.S., a unit of Placer Dome (TSE), will be suspended by the end of November, the company says. Placer has a 51% interest in the operat…
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Letters to the editor Volunteers needed for rock shop
Over the last couple of years I have volunteered some of my time at the rock shop housed in the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. This is an area where the public can examine rock and mineral samples…
Dome mine workers end 6-month strike
Workers at the Dome gold mine of Placer Dome (TSE) voted 75% in favor of accepting a new contract. The agreement, approved Oct. 31 by the workers, ended a 6-month strike by the 575 members of Local 75…
People TRIMIN RESOURCES
Peter Bradshaw, Brian Fraser, Terry Holland, Randy Turner elected to the board.
USMX pours gold from Casino mine
Joint venture partners USMX (NASDAQ) and Pegasus Gold (TSE) marked the official start of production at the Casino mine near Ely, Nev., by pouring a dore bar containing about 850 oz. gold. The partners…
Asamera gears up to increase work on Meliadine find
With assay results now in from a 14-hole drill program, Asamera Minerals (TSE) is busy planning an expanded 1991 exploration program for its new gold discovery near Rankin Inlet in the Northwest Terri…
Breakwater closes Caribou mine cites zinc outlook, mill expenses
Bleak forecasts on the zinc price combined with production shortfalls have prompted Breakwater Resources (TSE) to suspend operations at its Caribou lead-zinc-silver mine near Bathurst, N.B. Last week,…
Seven Mile High rejects Hamelin offer
Shareholders of Seven Mile High Group (VSE) rejected an unusual offer by former president Maurice Hamelin to drop his $1.3 million lawsuit against the company on the condition they elect a board of di…
EDITORIAL PAGE Taxed to death
Governments just can’t handle money. The more they get, the more they spend. Politicians just do not have the backbone to say no to any request that carries even the slightest whiff of votes. The resu…
NEWS IN BRIEF (November 05, 1990)
An information forum on professional registration of geoscientists will be held this month in three Ontario cities: Sudbury (Nov. 14, 8 p.m.), Timmins (Nov. 15, 7 p.m.) and Ottawa (Nov. 16, 1 p.m.). T…
Platinova, Corona analyzing results of Greenland work
Joint venture partners Platinova Resources (TSE) and Corona (TSE) are analyzing the final results from a recently completed $2.2-million exploration program at their Skaergaard gold-platinum project i…
Ramrod drilling Spanish property
A drilling program is under way on the Marta gold-silver property owned by Consolidated Ramrod (VSE) in northwestern Spain. The program is testing a gold-bearing quartz vein system known as Las Llagas…