Obituary Harry Bell
Harry Bell, a long-time mine recorder for the Ontario government, has died at his home at Mine Centre, Ont., at the age of 71. Born in Toronto, Mr Bell moved to Mine Centre in 1936, where he was an as…
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Prospector award
Winner of this year’s “Prospector of the Year award from the Quebec Prospectors Association is Denis Francoeur and his team from Noranda Exploration. The award was presented for two discoveries in nor…
People (September 28, 1987)
Denison Mines — Andrew Rickaby will be moving to Toronto as vice-president mining; Colin Benner will become vice-president Elliot Lake operations; Fergus Kerr is promoted to general manager Elliot La…
EDITORIAL Protectionism self-defeating
Wiser heads are appearing in the U.S., though they are seemingly not prevailing, concerning the issue of protectionism, a mood in that country that is seriously threatening the possibility of a free t…
Impressive intersections at Golden Nevada project
Encouraging results have been reported by Golden Nevada Resources from its Grew Creek property 12 miles west of Ross River, Yukon. The property falls under an option agreement with Noranda Exploration…
Newfield to repair Teck shaft No. 2
Newfield Minerals has settled the terms of a flow-through financing enabling the company to proceed with rehabilition of Teck Corp.’s Kirkland Minerals No 2 shaft. The shaft is located approximately 1…
Overseas Platinum busy in Brazil, U.S. and Europe
An acquisition program for platinum and gold properties has been completed by Overseas Platinum Corp. Armed with $1.75 million raised from a private placement of shares with a group of European financ…
NovaGold getting more confident on Fifteen Mile Stream property
Geologists at tse-listed NovaGold Resources are satisfied with geological evidence that indicates the Plenty Zone on the Fifteen Mile Stream property in Halifax Cty., N.S., comes to surface. Discussio…
Carlson drilling expands zone at Hemlo property (September 21, 1987)
Black Gregor Explorations have received some encouraging results from exploration at their Hemlo gold property north of Marathon, Ont. Located 12 miles northwest of the Lac-Noranda-Corona Hemlo gold m…
Cannon production exceeds Asamera’s expectations
Calgary-based Asamera Minerals recently released a progress report on a number of its key properties located in Germany and the U.S. Results of exploration and production from five of these projects a…
Thompson-Lundmark busy on exploration projects
Thompson-Lundmark Gold Mines reports it has raised $435,000 for exploration work on the company’s various mining interests. President Richard Evarts tells The Northern Miner the funds came from 31.9%-…
Musto closing gallium project
A shortage of working capital caused by poor gallium markets has led to the closure of Musto Explorations’ Apex mine project near St. George, Utah. According to H. Lutz Klingmann, president, the compa…