Lixor drilling Courville bet
Encouraging results have been reported by Lixor (ME) from its gold project in Courville Twp., 25 miles northeast of Val d’Or, Que. Lixor is earning a 50% interest in the property from Billiton Resourc…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Uranerz to continue work on kimberlites
Exploration on a kimberlite deposit in the Fort a la Corne region of Saskatchewan will begin in a few weeks. Several holes will be drilled on the most prospective of the seven diamond-bearing kimberli…
Inco to spend $4.6 m at old Cochenour bet
Plans for a $4.6-million underground exploration program at the Cochenour-Willans gold mine property near Red Lake, Ont., were finally revealed by Inco Gold recently. Inco Gold, a unit of Inco (TSE), …
Gold funds as of Apr. 3 (April 09, 1990)
MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $11.58% %$5.82% $0.40% Price $10.50% %$6.125 $0.25% Discount 9.33% %5.2%5 37.5% Value $68,946,265 $103,048,838 N/A…
People (April 09, 1990)
ASARCO INC. — William Borzick will head a newly created internal consulting group, based in Salt Lake City, Utah; Curtis Bates appointed plant manager of the Texas plant; Vincent Wildman appointed ma…
COATS (over-the-counter) Southern Ariz. up 12 cents
In an otherwise quiet week of trading on the over-the-counter market, 631,040 shares of Southern Arizona Mining and Smelting changed hands. Reacting to news of an option agreement between Southern and…
Zahavy caps shaft
A mine site reclamation program is under way on Zahavy Mines’ (ASE) Favourable Lake property, 110 miles north of Red Lake in northwestern Ontario. The 6,000-acre property hosts a past-producing gold-s…
Conwest set to merge with MRI and Barons
Toronto-based Conwest Exploration (TSE) says the terms of a proposed merger with its two subsidiaries Mineral Resources International (TSE) and Barons Oil (TSE) have been unanimously approved by the b…
Ore Reserve Standards
With the purpose of furthering helpful discussion on the topic of ore reserves appearing in your last several issues, I wish to add the following fuel to keep the pot boiling. The article “Computer Bu…
Low grade deposit on Springpole bet
The Portage zone on the Springpole gold property being explored by joint venture partners Noranda (TSE) and Akiko-Lori Gold Resources (VSE) hosts geological reserves of at least 7.9 million tons gradi…
Centurion royalty revenues to rise
Vancouver-based Centurion Gold (VSE) is looking forward this year to new mining activity on claims surrounding Newmont Gold’s (NYSE) Gold Quarry open pit mine near Carlin, Nev. Centurion owns 51% of a…
Vancouver conference focuses on the environment
Environmental issues relevant to the mining industry were discussed here by 24 speakers in a special session on metals and minerals at Globe ’90, a conference aimed at promoting the implementation of …