Cominco to investigate wollastonite property
Minerals play a key role in advanced industrial materials such as polymer-based composites and advanced ceramics. And Cominco Ltd. is planning to capitalize on the potential for mining these minerals….
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Noront builds reserves at HSK’s Olive property
Underground work by partners Noront Resources and HSK Minerals on the former producing Olive mine property near Mine Centre, Ont., has verified the presence of two ore shoots. Based on detailed sampli…
Nuclear meetings
The 27th annual conference of the Canadian Nuclear Association (cna) will take place June 14-17, with the 8th annual conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society (cns) scheduled for June 16-17, both gat…
Taywin plans more work on its Electrum property
More work is planned this year on Taywin Resources’ Electrum property on Vancouver Island. According to J. Donald Graham, president, the program will include metallurgical testing of ore grade drill …
Query Slate Bay revived in 1980
What is the present status of Slate Bay Gold Mines? It was dissolved about 10 years ago but the charter was re-instated about eight years ago. H.K., Pacific Palisades, Calif. You are correct in writin…
Editorial Inco does it again
What is possibly the world’s first all-electric operation for a hardrock mine, Inco Ltd.’s Crean Hill nickel-copper mine at Sudbury, Ont., has shipped its first train load of ore to mark the beginning…
Analysts not ecstatic on Dome/Placer merger
The merger of Placer Development, Dome Mines, and Campbell Red Lake Mines, has generated mixed reviews from Canadian mining analysts. Few are outright ecstatic about the plan but they tend to agree th…
Golden North
Diamond drill programs on the Nickel Plate Mountain properties of Golden North Resources Corp., near Hedley, B.C., are returning encouraging gold assays. The programs are under the direction of Mascot…
Muscocho reports a loss in 1986
With record exploration expenditures in 1986, Muscocho Explorations has reported a loss for the year, after non-cash items consisting of depreciation, amortization and preferred share dividends, of $4…
Toronto Stock Exchange Steady gold price behind directionless
A bout of sloppy trading was evident on the exchange this week as gold prices steadied at $458(US) per oz after repeated stabs through the $460 level. The directionless trading and minor profit takin…
Madeleine is full steam ahead
Progress being made at the Lac Des Iles’ project of Madeleine Mines in northwestern Ontario makes it almost a certainty that this country will soon have its first straight platinum-paladium producer -…
Mono planning underground work
Mono Gold Mines says that drill indicated and inferred reserves at its Bannockburn project 167 miles northeast of Toronto now stand at 372,154 tons grading 0.395 oz. The reserves are calculated over a…