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Editorial Great engineering achievements

Not surprising that de Havilland’s rugged little Beaver bush plane, an aircraft that has flown countless prospectors, geologists, etc. into Canada’s hinterland in search of metals and minerals, should…



Ottawa keeps the lid on future of flow-through

Many of the roughly 2,000 delegates came to last week’s Prospectors and Developers convention seeking relief from their fear that flow-through share funding for mineral exploration is doomed. They had…


Deep results at Consolidated Professor

Consolidated Professor Mines reports early results from drilling at its Duport gold property at Shoal Lake, Ont., include some “excellent” intersections from deep surface holes. The holes, the company…


Augmitto anticipates 3m. tons at 0.16-oz gold

A $3-million private placement of shares and warrants with institutional investors in Europe will fund the final push at Augmitto Explorations’ gold property located five miles south of here. Arranged…


Augdome completes drilling program

Fifteen holes have been drilled to a maximum depth of 600 ft on a 26-claim property adjacent to the Dome mine in Timmins, Ont. The ground, held by coats- listed Augdome Corp., has drill- indicated res…


Tandem drilling two lively bets

A drill program with two machines is under way at Tandem Resources’ Moss Lake project, about 70 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont., says President Stanley G. Hawkins. The drill program is from the ice of…


Miners stand to benefit from improved zinc market

Despite recent weakness in the zinc market, the next few years should witness not only a firming in the zinc price but also a decline in smelting charges and consequent disproportionate increase in th…


Audrey progresses at Mobrun project

Shaft sinking to a depth of 232 m has been completed at the Mobrun project located near Rouyn, Que., shared equally by partners Audrey Resources and Corporation Falconbridge Copper. Exploration drifts…


Committed to platinum Laurasia acquires Fleck

With the acquisition of the controlling block of shares in Fleck Resources whose principle asset is the 34-million-ton platinum group metals deposit in Marathon, Ont., Toronto-listed Laurasia Resource…


Holmer drilling at Tashota bet

Drilling is under way on Alberta- listed Homer Gold Mines’ 100%- owned Tashota property north of Geraldton, Ont., reports President K. Sethu Raman. The first drill hole tested anomaly No 16 with a kno…


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