Cominco back into gold
Describing the calculation as “fairly conservative,” Cominco Ltd. President Robert Hallbauer says he is “pretty enthusiastic” about the reserve inventory established for the company’s snip property in…
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Brohn, MFC discuss merger
A merger is being discussed by Brohm Resources and MFC Mining. According to Brohm President Wayne D. McClay the share exchange would be three mfc shares for two Brohm, subject to a fairness opinion fr…
Underground program begins at Maude Lake gold property
A $2.6-million underground exploration program has begun at the Maude Lake gold property, near Matheson, Ont. Work is being carried out under a joint venture between Equinox Resources, Technigen Corp…
Euro-Nevada acquires land position at Newmont mines
Euro-Nevada Mining has completed what it hopes will be the first in a series of royalty acquisitions in the Carlin gold trend near Elko, Nev., The Northern Miner has learned. The Toronto company has a…
Tungco drills narrow zones at Iskut Waratah property
Drilling by Tungco Resources Corp. on the company’s Waratah project has returned encouraging gold assays over narrow widths. Located in the Iskut River area of B.C., the Waratah property covers more t…
Better times for tantalum
A symposium on the extraction, working and applications of tantalum and niobium is being planned for the fall of 1988, the Tantalum- Niobium International Study Centre reports. The tantalum industry, …
Noxe busy at Laonil
A diamond drill program has been started by Noxe Resource Corp. on the company’s Laonil Lake property in northern Saskatchewan. The 2,600-ft program is testing targets near the Laonil Lake shear zone,…
Royal Oak drilling
A diamond drill program has been started by Royal Oak Resources on the company’s Maylac gold property near Geraldton, Ont. The 6,000-ft program will test several targets, including the down plunge pro…
Report from Calgary Placer Dome biggest player
The famous Quesnel-Caribou gold belt of south-central British Columbia, 45 miles northeast of Williams Lake, has a record of gold production for more than 100 years. Although there is only one small p…
Editorial Mining Hall of Fame
Just the other day, at a meeting of the Toronto Geological Discussion Group, the publisher of The Northern Miner, M. R. Brown, proposed establishment of a Mining Hall of Fame. This, like sports Halls …
D’Or Val interested in Mexican prospect
A letter of intent to enter into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the La Reyna copper- gold property in Mexico has been announced by D’Or Val Mines. The company, which has a producing…
Coppercorp looks like lost cause
I would like some information about a company named Coppercorp Ltd. which formerly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Some years ago there were indications that this company was in some way assoc…