Getty, Fairfield to drill Logan
A $1.2 million exploration program will be conducted on the Logan zinc-silver property by partners Getty Resources and Fairfield Minerals. Located 65 miles west of Watson Lake, Yk., the Logan project …
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Novamin takeover
The takeover offer by Breakwater Resources for Novamin Inc (N.M., April 13/87) will be presented to their respective shareholders for acceptance in early May. Both companies have signed a memorandum o…
“Operation Wawa” off and running for Galveston
A $1.5 million exploration program is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks on Galveston Resources’ Murphy Lake mine property in Ontario. Known as “Operation Wawa,” the joint venture includes Berle…
CIM presents many awards and medals at its major Toronto annual
Among the many awards and medals conferred at this week’s annual general meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy were the following: * Inco Medal, awarded to John C. MacIsaac, presi…
Metal Markets Canada hikes uranium output; global share almost one-
Canada increased its uranium production in 1986 to 30.4 million lbs U3O8 (up two million lb from 1985) and continued to lead the world in production, nuexco reports in its latest annual review. The co…
Good first quarter for Belmoral; new open pit project is planned
Everything seems to be coming up roses for Belmoral Mines. The Toronto-based resource company, which turned an annual profit for the first time in 1986, reports a first- quarter net income this year o…
Encouraging results for Skeena Resources
Skeena Resources says encouraging results have been received from drilling by operator Noranda Inc. on the Schroeder Mountain area of the Maggie Creek Ranch property at Carlin, Nev. Skeena is in a joi…
Bitech signs deal with Greenstone
Alberta-listed Bitech Energy Resources and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vancouver-listed Greenstone Resources have signed a formal joint venture agreement regarding the Tache property near Chibougamau…
Mineral Technology Council formed
A newly created, privately funded agency — the Mineral Technology Council of Canada — will act as an “information broker” for the mining industry in an attempt to match up the most promising researc…
Strike notice
The United Steel Workers of America has served 72 hr strike notice on Cominco Ltd. Shutdown of the company’s massive smelting and refining complex at Trail, B.C. was scheduled to begin Wednesday May 6…
Writing award
A writer for The Northern Miner is the winner of one of a number of journalism awards presented at the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy annual general meeting. Staff writer Laima Dingwall w…
Editorial They do us proud
It was an impressive, even moving, sight at the awards dinner of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy to see the nearly three dozen men invited up to the head table to be honored for their …