In the Canadian mining industry, diamond drill holes more than 1,000 ft are considered deep, but compared to holes being drilled for scientific information elsewhere in the world, that’s barely scratc…
While the Nickel Plate gold mine in British Columbia continues to cause problems, the on-going message of Corona Corp. (TSE) for the entire company is one of good growth potential in low-cost precious…
Eighty years after its discovery, the Porcupine gold mining camp near Timmins, Ont., is still going strong. Although now surpassed by the Hemlo gold fields as Canada’s largest annual gold producer, th…
Metrologist Jan Merks is seeking help from mining companies for a book dealing with the metrology of precious metals ores. He can be contacted at: P.O. Box 697, Station A, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2N5.
Toronto-based Queenston Gold Mines (TSE) has entered an agreement with CMP 1989 Resource Partnership and Co. to subscribe for $275,000 in flow-through share financing for 1989. Queenston said proceeds…
An exploration hole to a depth of 8,688 ft and at 64 degrees was completed recently near Kimberley, B.C., by Connors Drilling of Kamloops, B.C. The hole was drilled with Longyear’s CHD 76-mm coring eq…
Mining from the first bench of the Touquoy open pit has removed 27,000 tonnes of rock grading 1 g gold per tonne (0.029 oz gold per ton) Seabright Explorations (TSE) says. The Touquoy property is in N…
METALLGESELLSCHAFT AG — Dr. Heinz Schimmelbusch appointed chief executive officer and will be based in Frankfurt, West Germany.
The new spirit of glasnost sweeping Poland has set the stage for an agreement between that country’s largest copper mining and smelting organization and a Vancouver-based junior mining company. The re…
The market took a turn for the better this week with both the market portfolio and mining and minerals index posting broad advances, more than 65 pts and almost 62 pts, respectively. Volume was light-…
The diamond drillers’ job is seen as a high risk occupation and unless the industry does something to improve that image, government may step in with increased regulation to reduce the rate of lost-ti…
The production performance of the Jolu mine in Saskatchewan’s La Ronge district has progressed from impressive in March to spectacular in April. The 400-ton-per-day gold mine is operated by 30%-owner,…
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