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Sulphur prices down

Prices for sulphur on international markets have declined amidst contractural differences between Morocco and India over the cost of phosphoric acid. Morocco imports sulphur to mix with its naturally …


Trimin increases stake in Hanson Lake

By acquiring an additional 8.39% interest in the Hanson Lake property in northern Saskatchewan, Trimin Resources (VSE) has increased its interest in the copper-zinc deposit to 32.9%. The company picke…


TVX and Placer Dome plan expansion at Chilean mine

Partners Consolidated TVX Mining Corp. (TSE) and Placer Dome Inc. (TSE) are planning to go ahead with the second stage of development at the La Coipa gold /silver mine in Chile. Toronto-based TVX, whi…


Detour Gold

Since production began in 1983, Placer Dome’s Detour Lake mine has turned out more than half a million oz of gold. Pictured here with the gold bars that con tain the 500,000th oz are (left to right) T…


Sample results encourage Hidden Lake Gold Mines

Several occurrences of gold bearing iron-formation have been discovered by Hidden Lake Gold Mines on a large grassroots property near Wheeler Lake in the Northwest Territories. The 22,000-acre propert…


Obituary A.G. Roach

A. G. “Gerry” Roach, a prominent metallurgist and member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, died recently after a battle with cancer. Roach was born in 1904 and graduated from Queen’s…


Computer analysis reveals new reserves at Cochenour

A $4.7-million underground and surface exploration program is expected to be completed within two months on the former producing Cochenour Willans gold mine property near Red Lake, Ont. Project partne…


New X-Cal find

A new gold discovery has been made by X-Cal Resources (TSE) on the company’s Snowbird property near Fort St James, B.C. Located 1,600 ft east of the East zone, the new gold-bearing zone is within a gr…


Hope Brook needs better gold price to show a profit

Having solved a number of operating glitches at its Chetwynd, Nfld. gold mine, Hope Brook Gold (TSE) is currently grappling with a new problem that is obviously beyond its control. As a result of lowe…


Strike acquisition

Strike Minerals (COATS) has acquired 103 claims in Baden Twp., Ont. The claims are adjacent to a 28-claim block already owned by the company. An airborne geophysical survey has been completed.



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