Three-day course
A course on the design of natural support for underground mining excavations will be given May 12-24, in French, at the University of Quebec in Abitibi-Temiscaming, located at Noranda, Que. The 3-day …
News
Editorial No sale for Sudbury slag
You’ve no doubt heard of the “Pet Rock,” which a few years back made a fortune in the U.S. and here for its inventor. As P. T. Barnum said, there’s one born every minute, and we continue to fall for s…
News in Brief (March 21, 1988)
Mill City Gold has started a surface exploration program on a 68-claim gold property adjacent to its McMillan gold mine prospect 57 miles west of Sudbury, Ont. The company can earn a 58% interest in t…
Tusk Minerals to start drilling in the Wawa area of Ontario
Tusk Minerals reports that a diamond drilling program, involving approximately 2,200 ft of drilling will commence as soon as possible on its Old Cabin gold prospect northeast of Wawa in Jacobsen Twp.,…
Dration/Locator asses Theresa
A good deal of religious fervor, including site visitations by priests, was practised by management in an effort to coax profitability from the Theresa gold mine in the early 1950s. The effort was for…
Magnacon makes second mine for growing Muscocho group
The Mishibishu Lake joint venture plans to spend $29 million during the next year to develop and put into production a 600-ton-per- day gold mine and mill operation on the Magnacon property about 32 m…
Noranda releases results from Grew Creek property (March 21, 1988)
More results have been released by Noranda Exploration from the Grew Creek discovery of Golden Nevada Resources 25 miles southeast of Faro, Yukon. The deposit has been tested for a strike length of ap…
La Sarre on ME
A Rouyn-Noranda, Que., junior mining company, La Sarre Mining Exploration, was recently listed for trading on the Montreal Exchange (symbol lsa). La Sarre was incorporated in August, 1986. It has inte…
Rayrock boosts earnings in ’87
Earnings of $6.9 million (69 cents per share) for 1987 were recorded by Rayrock Yellowknife Resources, compared with $2.7 million (28 cents per share), after unusual charges of $2.1 million, in 1986….
Water — an unknown at Carlin’s deep deposits
Nevada geologists refer to it as the unknown factor in the business of mining gold reserves. In the wake of one thunderous splash, it can put a damper on even the most sophisticated mining plan, or at…
Buckhorn partners sign new royalty agreement
A new royalty agreement has been signed by partners in the Buckhorn heap leach gold mine in Nevada. The agreement clarifies the recovery by Cominco Resources International (76% interest) and Equinox R…
Glen Auden, Ventex deal
Glen Auden Resources has signed an option deal with Ventex Energy Ltd., giving the former company the right to acquire a 50% interest in a 156-claim property near Atikokan, Ont. Glen Auden can earn th…