The sun shone only briefly during the official opening of the Samatosum mine 40 km from this small community, but it was enough to cap a red letter day for Minnova Inc. (TSE) and junior partner Rea Go…
Placer Dome is trying to establish itself as the partner of choice’ among junior exploration companies looking to explore and develop properties in North America. If the number of deals Placer is invo…
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold $373.60+$ 5.25 Silver $ 5.17+$ 0.04 Platinum $487.25+$ 4.45 Nickel $ 4.52–$ 0.16 Lead $ 0.34–$ 0.01 Copper$ 1.24– 0.01 Zinc$ 0.70–$ 0.01 Courtesy of Sco…
If there are any remaining misconceptions about the Canadian Exploration Incentive Program (CEIP), government officials in the federal department of Energy Mines and Resources hope to have them cleare…
Current market conditions may have slowed the fund-raising but they haven’t dampened the enthusiasm of the officers of Armistice Resources (ME), who continue their search for a gold deposit at Virgini…
Contrary to what we reported (N.M., Oct 30/89), there is no longer any connection between Stan West Mining of Arizona and Toronto-based Stan North Mining.
A number of different companies have taken a look and then walked away from Savanna Resources’ (ASE) Turner Albright polymetallic project in southern Oregon. Noranda Exploration, for example, optioned…
As soon as permitting is in place, Treminco Resources (TSE) plans to begin test mining the Crestaurum gold property 15 miles from its Ptarmigan gold mine in the Northwest Territories. The company rece…
Mineral exploration in Newfoundland during 1989 maintained a very healthy level of activity as more mining companies realized that Newfoundland is one of the prime areas for mineral exploration in the…
Results from deep drilling by Noranda Inc. (TSE) on ground held in joint venture with Freewest Resources (ME) has sparked renewed interest in the Harker- Holloway area north of Kirkland Lake, Ont. Dri…
The open pit at Samatosum is located on the north slopes of Samatosum mountain at an elevation of about 1,400 m, 40 km from the town of Barriere in southern British Columbia. Harry Ewaschuk John Harve…
Not much noise is being made about it, but Teck Corp. (TSE) appears to be once again courting junior companies with promising exploration projects. The Vancouver-based major mining company recently en…
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