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Dolly Varden reactivating famed B.C. silver camp

An adit is expected to be collared by Dolly Varden Minerals at its Alice Arm, B.C. silver property by month-end. In doing so, the company will be reactivating one of B.C.’s most famous silver mining c…


120,000 oz gold in 1988 at Mascot’s nickel Plate

The Nickel Plate mine of Mascot Gold Mines here is among the largest open pit gold mining operations in North America and is producing the yellow metal for the third time since 1902. At the official o…


Hemisphere busy with four projects

Exploration programs are under way on four properties controlled by Hemisphere Development. In the Courageous Lake area, N.W.T., the company is drilling sections of a 14-km-long property which adjoins…


Two zones discovered by Emerald Isle Res.

Results from the first phase of drilling on an epithermal gold property, held by vse-listed Emerald Isle Resources, near the U.S.-Mexico border indicate the existence of two distinct gold-bearing zone…




Low coal price deepens loss for Westar

Westar Mining had a 6-month loss of $3.5 million compared to $3.1 million for the same period in 1986. The company’s second quarter loss of $8.1 million was almost identical to the previous year’s. Ac…


Good drill hole at NAR-Palliser

Management of the North American Rare Metals — Dundee-Palliser joint venture Vezza gold project 25 km south of Matagami, Que., are highly encouraged with the findings in the latest hole in its 1987 s…



Barrick to drill Pandora property

In a bid to expand current reserves on the Pandora gold mine property in Cadillac Twp., Que., American Barrick Resources will begin a 25,000-ft surface drilling program later this month. A former gold…


Three drills are working on Westmin-Nexus bet

Three diamond drills are working at the Debbie property on Vancouver Island, a joint venture between Westmin Resources, Nexus Resources and Angle Resources. A $2-million program is under way on the 24…


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