Westmin goes west at Wolverine
Drilling on the Wolverine polymetallic deposit in southeastern Yukon is expanding the mineralized zone to the west, and, moreover, the zone appears to be thickening.Operator Westmin Resources (WMI-T) …
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EDITORIAL PAGE — The winds of change
In August of 1946, South African mine workers demanded and won a minimum wage of 10 shillings per day, which, to the best of our reckoning, works out to about $2. Then, in August of 1987, unionized mi…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Diavik partners report promising values
Partners Kennecott Canada and Aber Resources (ABZ-T) are encouraged by the latest drill results from their Diavik diamond project near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories.A single, large-diameter…
TSE INDICES (September 23, 1996)
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Gold Reserve drills Las Brisas in Venezuela’s Km 88 district
By drilling outside the area of known mineralization, Gold Reserve (GLR-T) has located three significant finds at its Las Brisas gold deposit in the Kilometre 88 region of Venezuela.The program focuse…
Vedron drills hit gold near Timmins
For Vedron Gold (VDGI-M), Ontario’s Timmins gold camp still has the right stuff.At its wholly owned property in Tisdale Twp., the company is carrying out a 50,000-ft., 40-hole program aimed at testing…
Omni reports initial drill results from Skukum Creek property
Encouraging drill results are reported by Omni Resources (ORI-V) from the first three holes of an expanded program at its Skukum Creek property in the Mount Skukum area of southern Yukon.The 15-hole p…
Ontario staking rush attracts flock of companies
In what could prove to be Ontario’s last great staking rush, several hundred claimstakers recently converged near Temagami on a piece of northeastern Ontario roughly the size of Prince Edward Island.F…
NEWS IN BRIEF (September 23, 1996)
First Quantum Ventures (FQV-V) has changed its name to First Quantum Minerals (FM-V).
Borneo Gold soars on strength of v.g.
Without reporting a single rock chip, trench or drill hole sample, Vancouver-based Borneo Gold (BNO-V) quadrupled in value during a single day of trading, closing at $10.05 on Sept. 17, with 2.2 milli…
GeoNova finds new zone at Chevrier
Discovery of a new zone south of the main deposit on the Chevier property near Chibougamau, Que., is expected to boost the project’s resources, reports GeoNova Explorations (GNE-M).Hole 126 intersecte…
ODDS’N’SODS — The saga of the Granduc mine
I will never forget the day in 1978 when Treavor Hancock, supervisor of British Columbia’s Granduc copper mine, phoned to tell me that the roof of the mill had collapsed under the weight of ice and sn…