Research LEAD FINGERPRONTS
Many ore prospects are poorly Mexposed and complexly metaMmorphosed and deformed. Many thus are accessible only at great expense because of their remoteness or the rugged terrain within which they lie…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Metal snips (October 02, 1989)
A gold and silver refinery was officially opened recently near Sydney, Australia, by Pacific Precious Metals Ltd., a company in which Noranda Minerals has a 40% interest. The other two partners in the…
ON-SITE AT WILLIAMS
The Williams mine (formerly the Page-Williams), in Ontario’s Hemlo country, burst on to the scene as a gold producer in a flurry of public attention in late 1985. With the spotlight on the ensuing own…
Alberta Stock Exchange Sept 27 Markets column Must go Golden
Issues which have peaked investor interest during the past couple of trading sessions, continued to make progress this week. Golden Crescent Resources, for example, gained 26 cents on large volumes b…
Onitap Sept 21
Onitap Resources (TSE) is seeking funding for a 25,000-ft drill program designed to test the company’s copper-zinc property in Tonnancourt Twp., Que. Hosting drill- indicated reserves of 60,000 tons g…
Law A DECISION AT LAST
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on AFriday, Aug 11, one of the most Adrawn-out lawsuits in the history of Canadian mining came to a close. The country’s highest court finally delivered its judgment confirm…
Ore Horizons VEZZA GOLD
The Vezza property, 25 km (15 miles) south of Matagami, Que., is owned jointly by Dundee-Palliser Resources and North American Rare Metals. Diamond drilling from December, 1986 to June, 1988 has outli…
What’s New DUST SUPPRESSOR
Industrial Mechanical Specialties (IMS) of Thornhill, Ont., has come up with a new way of suppressing airborne dust in underground hardrock mines. John Morgan, an IMS specialist hit upon the idea when…
American Pacific boosts earnings
Now that access has been gained to higher grade ore at the El Mochito polymetallic mine in Honduras, American Pacific Mining (TSE) is reporting a substantial increase in production and earnings. The N…
VSM, Serem drill wide intersection
Drill hole 70 at the Grevet zinc project near Matagami, Que., intersected 44.2 ft (25.3 ft true width) of economic grade, the widest intersection to date, VSM Exploration (ME) and Serem-Quebec report….
VSE
After last week’s market correction, trading activity on The Vancouver Stock Exchange stabilized to more modest but still respectable levels. Invest or interes t is still strong, brokers say, and it r…
editorial
It is becoming increasing clear that the federal government’s proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) is unworkable. It is not the concept of a value-added tax that is flawed, but the way Finance Minis…