X-Cal doubles strike
Drilling by X-Cal Resources on the company’s Snowbird gold property near Fort St. James, B.C., has doubled the strike length of the main gold mineralized zone to more than 4,000 ft. The additional str…
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The ongoing saga of the huge – and hapless – Ok Tedi mine
The mineral specimens were magnificent — massive magnetite- chalcopyrite, boulder-sized. The geologists had just brought them in from the field, 2000 miles by foot, helicopter and ‘plane. It was late…
Success at Nickel Plate and Hedley revives skarn interest (March 07, 1988)
Skarn-type deposits have been minor but steady producers of gold throughout history. More than one million kilograms of gold have been produced from 50 skarn deposits worldwide. This represents only t…
June decision a possibility at Lenora’s Golden Harker bet
The Golden Harker gold property located north of here has Lenora Explorations excited, so much so that President Robert Kasner is hoping to make a production decision by June of this year, The Norther…
Letters to the Editor Busy at Red Lake
As a long-time resident of Red Lake, I saw large scale exploration carried out in 1945-49 when over 100 properties were being worked, with two prolific gold mines found — Campbell and Dickenson. Thes…
Some exploration projects in 1987-88 in Red Lake
The following is a list of exploration in the Red Lake area over the past year and projected activities for 1988. Re-exploring known sites Much of the exploration activity in 1987 was dedicated to …
Liquid coal is on the horizon
There was once a time when almost every home had a coalbin in the cellar. Shiny black nuggets rolled into the bin from the coalman’s truck providing fuel for the furnace. The coalbin held a certain fa…
Much of Carlin financing being done by Vancouver juniors
Most gold deposits in Nevada’s Carlin trend are associated with north-south-trending normal faults in both upper and lower plate rocks adjacent to the Roberts Mountain thrust fault. In recent years, h…
B.C. and Yukon had a good year
The level of exploration activity in British Columbia was up sharply last year, according to the B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines. Charles A. Aird, president, told the chamber’s annual meeting that 1987 …
Silver Standard maintains British Columbia efforts (March 07, 1988)
With major programs completed on several of the company’s properties, 1987 was a busy year for Consolidated Silver Standard Mines, shareholders learned at the annual meeting. Approximately $1 million …
Amir, Normine, Glamis form company for Idaho production
Joint venture partners Amir Mines, Normine Mines and Glamis Gold have agreed to form a new operating company, Idaho Gold Corp., to develop two Idaho heap leach properties. The new company will be own…
Eastmain drill targets
A basal till sampling program has identified 28 geochemical gold anomalies in the Eastmain River area of Quebec, Eastmain Resources says. Of the 28 anomalies, 21 will be followed up with more sampling…