Water tas may scuttle Trail smelter expansion
At least a 25% increase in refined zinc production is being considered by Cominco Ltd. (TSE) at its Trail smelter operations, Robert E Hallbauer, president, told reporters after the annual meeting. Bu…
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Four listed on ME
Four junior-mining companies recently incorporated — Augyva Mining Resources, Aurochs Mining Exploration, Deux-Montagnes Exploration and Louphior Exploration — have been listed for trading (symbols,…
Queenstake grants option on Mar bet
A diamond drilling and surface sampling program will be carried out this summer on Queenstake Resources’ Mar gold property following an option agreement with Can Pro Development. Can Pro, a private B….
50 years ago MAY, 1938 WAITE AMULET GETS GOLD AND HIGH- GRADE
Important gold values accompany the high-grade copper in Waite Amulet’s new drill-indicated orebody, The Northern Miner can announce. In vertical hole No. 3, the 165-ft section ran 0.07 oz gold, or $2…
Plexus financing (May 02, 1988)
A $33-million(US) credit facility has been established by Plexus Resources Corp. (TSE). Completed with Elders Resources Finance, based in Sydney, Australia, the deal also gives Elders warrants with wh…
Profile A GEOLOGICAL PRODIGY Aur Resources President James Gill
“I have been involved in many, many deals over the years, most of them unsuccessful, and it took me a long time to learn that you bet on people, not ideas.” — Leo J. Thibodeau. As he presides over t…
Val d’Or, Abcourt pleased by results
Encouraging drill results have been reported by Val d’Or Resources (ME) and Abcourt Mines (ME) from the northern part of the Vendome property located 30 miles north of Val d’Or, Que., and three miles …
Big crowd in Chicago for Minexpo equipment show
An estimated 18,000 people attended the American Mining Congress’ Minexpo mining and milling equipment show that was held here April 24-28 in the cavernous McCormick Place along the Lake Michigan wate…
50 years ago MAY, 1938 LUCKY-KIRKLAND HAS GOOD HOLE
Excellent values have been secured in the No. 6 drill hole at the former property of Baldwin Kirkland, now operated by Lucky-Kirkland Gold Mines, S. L. Macdonald tells The Northern Miner. The drill cu…
Letters to the Editor Inaccuracies and misinterpretations
We are appalled by the inaccuracies and misinterpretations in the two articles in your April 15 issue relating to recent agreements between Echo Bay Mines and three companies of our group. Your front-…
Westfield, Goldbrae outline Flin Flon metal deposit
Westfield Minerals (TSE) says a small geological deposit of about 200,000 tons with economic grades of copper, zinc, silver and gold has been outlined on the Big Island Lake property near Flin Flon, M…
Reserves lower than expected at Granges gold bet
Reserves at the Tartan Lake gold project of Granges Exploration (TSE) and Abermin Corp. (TSE) may be lower than the “drill-indicated grade originally set out in the feasibility study,” says Abermin pr…