Cdn-United Minerals drilling B.C. prospect
A $300,000 exploration program is under way on Canadian-United Minerals’ Firewood polymetallic prospect located 10 miles north of Granisle in central British Columbia. Work will include 5,000 ft of di…
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Canada’s mineral output surges ahead 11% in 1987
Each of nine metallic minerals included in an estimate of 1987 mineral output in Canada by the federal department of Energy, Mines and Resources showed an increase in volume of output during the year….
Cominco intersects high-grade at Buckhorn
More high grade gold mineralization has been encountered below the West Sinter zone at the Buckhorn mine of Cominco Resources International. The latest results included 165 ft grading 0.8 oz gold per …
Rio’s computers in Elliot Lake mines will save over $10 million by
Computers are rapidly making their way into mines across the country. This development is inevitable because computers that are used properly save time and money. Rio Algom’s management is aware of th…
Investors should give juniors more respect, analyst says
The following is the text of a presentation made recently at The Gold Show ’88 in New York City. My recent major recommendations among Tier 1 gold stocks were Lac Minerals, Echo Bay Mines and American…
Sale of Mascot brings profit to Royex Gold
An extraordinary gain resulting from the sale of Mascot Gold Mines to Lacana Mining, enabled Royex Gold Mining to realize net income of $47 million for the year ended Sept 30, 1987. This compares to a…
Greater Temagami drilling original copper mine claims
The old Temagami mine property 25 miles south of Ontario’s famed Cobalt silver camp will be getting the once-over by Vancouver-listed Greater Tema gami Mines. The company optioned the property from Te…
Lacana’s profit without Mascot lower in 1987
Earnings of $10.3 million (52 cents per share), before extraordinary items, for the nine months ending Sept 30, 1987, were recorded by Toronto-based Lacana Mining. Net earnings for the same period, af…
Sunrise to drill N.S. gold bet
Diamond drilling is scheduled to get started before the end of January on the 9,300-acre Beaverdam gold property of Sunrise Metals Corp. in Nova Scotia, according to President Anthony Rich. This lies …
News in Brief (January 25, 1988)
Emerald Lake Resources and Highland-Crow Resources have amalgamated into Noramco Mining Corp. each on a share-for-share basis.
Editorial The Saskatchewan-China connection
The story of an overnight success that took years of effort is one that’s well known in the mining industry. A discovery, for example, must appear to many outside the industry as something that happen…
Westfield Minerals steps up drilling
Westfield Minerals has accelerated a 30,000-ft drilling program on its Big Island Lake massive sulphide discovery near Flin Flon, Man. Deep drilling is being concentrated on two massive sulphide zones…