Brookbank development remains stalled by suit
The legal wrangle which is stalling the sinking of a 1,800-ft shaft on the Brookbank property near Beardmore, Ont., is far from being resolved, Metalore Resources says. Following announcement in The N…
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Coxheath to spend $5 million on Tangier gold bet in N.S.
Success abhors a vacuum. Last week, when Seabright Resources poured the first gold bar of what looks like the province’s return to continuous gold production after 40 years, another Nova Scotia compan…
News in Brief (June 22, 1987)
Tyranex Gold reports it has acquired three properties comprised of claims in Knight, Deloro and Pifher twps., Ont. Aggregate consideration for all three properties, the company says, was $10,400, paya…
Pundata releases assay results
Incomplete assay results from nonselective sampling from a grid along 2.5 mi of the ironside fault trend on the Midas Ax claims located 3 mi west of Goodsprings, Clark Cty., Nev., have been reported b…
EDITORIAL Leave well enough alone in boom times
At a time when Saskatchewan, along with much of the rest of Canada, is enjoying one of the greatest exploration booms in the history of the province, it appears less than wise for the Saskatchewan gov…
Winteroad plan
A new drilling program is scheduled by Winteroad Resources on its Garrison Twp., Ont., property to test the down-dip extension and to extend the strike length of the gold- bearing zone identified by t…
Queries Myriad dropped mining interests
I am a long-term subscriber who depends on the stock exchange tables in The Northern Miner. I am somewhat distressed that the Vancouver Stock Exchange list in The Miner still (as of May 25) does not i…
Northgate recovers from labor pains
A month-long strike, which ended June 1, has taken a 6-7,000-oz bite out of Northgate Explorations’ projected gold output for 1987. But it has also added $1.21 to the pay cheques of about 500 hourly p…
Gold recoveries at record levels for Wharf Resources
In the first quarter, the South Dakota gold properties of Wharf Resources operated at record levels, says its chairman, Alan Farmer. During the winter period some 4,356 oz of gold was recovered by tre…
New process for gold recoveries at calcine dump
An executive of an Australian company which claims to have discovered a process which will significantly improve gold recoveries from calcine dumps, will be in Canada early next month intending to ide…
Sullivan Mines target of St. Genevieve offer
A takeover bid has been made by St. Genevieve Resources for control of one of Quebec’s most famous and respected mining companies. The Montreal-based junior exploration company is offering $6.62 per s…
Abitibi receiving exploration funds
Abitibi Resources will receive between $1 million and $2 million for exploration work on properties, including the company’s Recher- Casa Berardi property, under an agreement signed with Sofimines 198…