SUPPLIERS’ NOTES LHD EQUIPMENT
LHD Equipment of North Bay, Ont., will receive a contribution of $75,000 under the federal government’s Industrial and Regional Development Program. The funds go towards the cost of a $300,000 project…
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From Timmins to Val d’Or 20 CANADIAN JUNIORS SEEKING PLATINUM
1 American Platinum 2 Cove Energy Corp. 3 Cream Silver Mines 4 Delaware Resources 5 Equinox Resources 6 Fleck Resources 7 Gateford Resources 8 Imperial Platinum Corp. 9 International Pl…
EDITOR’S NOTE Good times
Things haven’t looked this good for Canadian gold miners in years. Prices are up and it looks like South African production is down. Although we may have slipped to fourth place among gold producing …
LETTERS Nickel plate skepticism
The article by David Duval (Third Time Lucky) in the July issue mentioned my name in association with the open pit operation of Mascot Gold Mines on Nickel Plate Mountain, near Hedley, B.C. Mr Duval …
CROSS-CUTS Homage paid to past prospectors
When the city of Timmins held its 75th birthday party the first three days in August, the weather was perfect — except for the day the Porcupine branch of the Prospectors and Developers Association h…
Chibougamau bustle
Eighty-three years ago, Joseph Obalski steered his canoe into a hitherto little-explored mineralized region in the northwestern part of the province. As Quebec’s inspector of mines, he had examined th…
LETTERS Unmentioned
Patrick Whiteway’s article entitled “Artificial Operators,” in the July issue, was very interesting and informative. The quality of the article was unfortunately marred, in our view, by the way you ha…
Toronto Stock Exchange Improved gold price marks uneventful week
A nervous wind is blowing across the floors of the major exchanges these days. Despite dire warnings by bearish sentiments that the five- year old bull is on its last knees, the market continues to sh…
Noranda clicks at Tally Pond
Drilling at the Tally Pond-Duck Pond project in central Newfoundland continues to intersect encouraging base and precious metals values, Noranda Exploration reports. The property, located about 142 km…
Chesbar reports vein intersection at Yukon project
Recent drilling on the Yukon gold project intersected a strong quartz vein over a width of 5.3 ft grading 0.43 oz gold per ton, Chesbar Resources President J.T. Flanagan reports. The project involves …
Northfield Group busy in Larder Lake camp.
The first underground raising has begun on the Cheminis project near Larder Lake, Ont., partners Golden Shield Resources and the Northfield Group say. The Northfield Group, which holds a 45% stake in…
Eureka review funding alternatives
A number of funding alternatives are being reviewed by Eureka Resources to complete a previously scheduled work program on its Frasergold property 60 miles east of Williams Lake, B.C. Jack O’Neill, pr…