Shamrock defines targets on Adams Lake property
Vancouver-based Shamrock Resources (VSE) has completed preliminary exploration and geophysical surveys on its Blom and Cana claims in the Adams Lake Plateau area of British Columbia. “A follow-up prog…
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Cross-Cuts KERR ADDISON
The Kerr Addison mine, a prolific gold producer near Virginiatown, Ont., that yielded more than 10 million ounces in a half-century of production, finally has given up what looks to be its last ounce….
Rainbow prepares to drill old McMillan mine project
Calgary-based Rainbow Exploration (ASE) is preparing to begin surface and underground drilling at the old McMillan gold mine property in Mongowin Twp., 75 km southwest of Sudbury, Ont. An independent…
SILIDOR
To illustrate how utterly simple the discovery of a mineral deposit can be, one would be hard-pressed to find a better example than the Silidor gold mine, born in 1985. Neither high-tech geochemistry …
Computers AUTOMATED DRAFTING
Canadian mines are lagging behind their Australian counterparts in the application of software for personal computer-based surveying, geological mapping and mine-planning. But mine operators in this c…
Inco reports Snow Lake reserves
A new reserve calculation has been completed by Inco Gold, a wholly-owned affiliate of Inco Ltd. (TSE) for the former producing Snow Lake gold mine in Manitoba. Held under option from High River Gold …
editorial September 26, 1989 Northwestern Quebec turnsto the PQ
In northwestern Quebec, the notion of a Quebec separate from Canada is very much alive, but it takes a back seat to the concern for steady employment and the chance to make a good life for one’s famil…
Valley/McAdam Rights offering for McAdam Res.
Hoping to be able in the near future to make a production decision for its Spud Valley gold project on Vancouver Island, McAdam Resources (TSE) reports it has secured the necessary regulatory approval…
Gold Standard, Big Pony exploring for gold in Uruguay
Although Uruguay has never witnessed significant, sustained gold exploration in the past, the small South American country is experiencing somewhat of a gold boom led by companies such as Bond Interna…
REDSTONE NICKEL
The first load of ore came up from underground just this spring. But already, the Redstone nickel operation near Timmins, Ont., has shipped a million lb of nickel in concentrate to the Sherritt Gordon…
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About 80% of the exploration budget of mining companies is devoted to the search for gold deposits. Over a 10-year period, this exploration effort has resulted in the discovery of gold mines with a va…
Forbex hoping to raise funds
A preliminary prospectus has been filed by Ressources Minieres Forbex (ME) with the Quebec Securities Commission for an offering of common shares, flow-through shares and warrants worth up to $1.625 m…