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Underground plan for Placer, Dome at Musselwhite

Down the road, Placer Dome could be looking at still another gold mine in the Pickle Lake area of Ontario. The company expects to start an underground program this winter on the Musselwhite project at…


COATS Trading Features (September 07, 1987)

Wye Resources was stronger and active this week, trading up to 75 cents -80 cents . The company has completed a public offering which raised $525,000. The funds will go towards earning a 60% interest …


Editorial An $8-billion vote of confidence

We always knew that gold was a good thing. But what finer affirmation of that thinking than the $6.1 billion(US) that two mavericks of Australian and American business are willing to put up in order t…


Perrex Resources to get interest in Yukon silver

Alberta-listed Perrex Resources and Yukon Minerals have agreed to allow Perrex to earn an undivided interest in a couple of silver properties in the Yukon. Under the terms of the first agreement Perre…


Audrey finds showing near Belleterre mine

Three wide quartz veins have been discovered in a stripping program on the Belleterre property near Temiscamingue Lake, Que. The work, being carried out by Audrey Resources as operator of joint ventur…


Canadian postal dispute (September 07, 1987)

There is a possibility of a dispute in the Canadian postal service within the next few weeks, which would disrupt mail service. Should this happen, subscribers in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver may o…


Sharpe Energy busy in Newfoundland

Much exploration work is now under way on Newfoundland’s Baie Verte peninsula with interest building, Walter Sharpe, president of Sharpe Energy & Resources, told The Northern Miner on his return from …


Books (September 07, 1987)

Practical Problems in Exploration Geochemistry by A. A. Levinson, University of Calgary; P. M. D. Bradshaw and I. Thomson, Placer Development Ltd. Hardcover, 269 pages, ISBN 0-915834-05 $7. 80(US) App…




Gold exploration

An international meeting on Gold Exploration: Techniques, Concepts and Problems is planned for Oct 13-15, 1988, at Reno, Nev., by the Society of Mining Engineers. Topics on the preliminary program inc…


Westmin completes study at Big Missouri, Silbak

Westmin Resources of Vancouver has indicated that production on a major new gold/silver operation near Stewart in northwestern B.C. could begin as early as December 1988. Following an extensive diamon…


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