People (October 12, 1987)
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines — Peter Mancini has been appointed senior mineral statistician in the mineral development and lands branch of the mines and minerals division.
News
Editorial Trade deal better than no deal at all
The mining industry in Canada has reason to feel happy about the eleventh-hour free trade agreement that has been hammered out between the U.S. and Canada. Generally speaking the industry, which expor…
BP, partners to produce from third Selbaie zone
A third zone will be developed at the joint-venture Selbaie copper- zinc mine in northwestern Quebec, with production to begin during the last quarter of 1988. Estimated cost of bringing the new A2 zo…
Letters to the Editor Pickens after coal, not gold?
Reference is made in your article in the Sept 28 issue, “Newmont pushed to wall by gold-hungry Pickens.” The reader questions that Pickens is really interested in gold. He is smart enough to know that…
Sitka Gold formed for Chicagof mine
Three companies involved in the Chichagof mine project 80 miles southwest of Juneau, Alaska, have put their respective interests into a new entity called Sitka Gold. Holding the largest equity positio…
Montreal Exchange Seniors show way
While the junior mining companies have tended of late to be among the active issues on the Montreal Exchange, two of the “senior” mining firms shared the limelight this week. Lac Minerals, which dropp…
General News & Comment Quebec prospectors press for support of
The Quebec Prospectors Association has been successfully lobbying the “opposition” in the fight to save flow-through financing, President Regis Labeaume told The Northern Miner in a telephone intervie…
Minieres du Nord plans decline at Isle-Dieu bet
Encouraging results have been reported by Explorations Minieres du Nord from its Isle-Dieu gold property in the Matagami Lake area of northwestern Quebec. Among the better assays was hole 837W-1, whic…
Panorama set to evaluate potential of two projects
With two advanced-stage gold properties now under option, Panorama Petroleums is moving quickly to evaluate its production potential. Reflecting its new emphasis on mining, the company also plans a na…
Alberta Stock Exchange Ateba trades heavily
News that Ateba Mines has started milling operations at its Beardmore, Ont. gold properties sparked considerable investor interest in the Toronto based company. On a day when volumes were well down, …
Golden Range gets B.C. silver project
Golden Range Resources has optioned a 7,200-ac property near Revelstoke, B.C. The company can earn a 100% interest in the ground by spending $500,000 on exploration over a 5-year period and making cas…
First gold is poured at Black Swan mine
Gold has been poured at Black Swan Gold Mines’ Gabanintha project in Western Australia. The $12-million(A) development is expected to produce about 40,000 oz gold per year, 25% of which will go to Bla…