Glen Auden grabs yield high grade
Several high grade gold showings have been discovered by Glen Auden Resources (TSE) on the company’s Sewell-Reeves property near Timmins, Ont. Channel samples across a 3.3-ft width yielded assays up t…
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Reserve Estimate Being Compiled For Colony’s Blue Moon Project
A detailed ore reserve estimate is being compiled by the mining consulting firm of Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl on the Blue Moon polymetallic deposit in California, owned 100% by Colony Pacific Exp…
Seabright feasibility
A preliminary feasibility study is being completed by Seabright Explorations (TSE) on the company’s Touquoy gold property in Nova Scotia. A 20,000-ton bulk sample is also being mined which will be pro…
Esperanza drill program at Tillicum indicates bulk tonnage
A major drill program on the East Ridge zone at Esperanza Explorations’ (VSE) Tillicum Mountain gold property has added an important bulk tonnage dimension to the project. Until recently, reserves wer…
U of T social night
The annual University of Toronto Social Night is scheduled for Oct 27. A popular event in past years, this year’s evening will highlight Herman Derbuch, director of mining for Noranda Minerals, who wi…
Montreal Exchange Market turns upward
Investors in a buying mood helped propel the ME this holiday- shortened week to higher levels, with the market portfolio jumping almost 50 pts and the mining and minerals index climbing more than 34 p…
Kewagama raises exploration funds
A flow-through financing agreement worth $435,000 has been reached between Kewagama Gold Mines (Quebec) (ME) and CMP 1988 III Resource Partnership and Co., Ltd. Under the agreement, shares will be iss…
Resources Stroud, Chevron on track at Hislop Twp gold property
Toronto-based Stroud Resources (TSE) says that diamond drilling has continued to expand reserves in the Creek zone on its Hislop Twp. gold property near Matheson, Ont. The company reports the number o…
New mining law for Quebec
Quebec’s new Mining Act and its regulations will officially come into force Oct 24. Approved in 1987 to replace the old act which was passed in 1965, the new mining legislation contains a number of ch…
Recycling metals conference
The department of mining and metallurgical engineering at McGill University is presenting a professional development seminar titled “the recycling of metals” on Dec 5 – 7. Topics include: a historical…
Exall seeking opportunities
At the annual meeting of Exall Resources (TSE), held recently in Toronto, President Stephen G. Roman said the company is now in a secure financial position to actively seek opportunities in the minera…
Editorial Rock Mechanics — Can it prevent tragedy?
The recent death of James Wilson, Jr., an experienced miner, and his partner Bruce Braman in a roof collapse at the Denison- Potacan potash mine in Sussex, N.B., was indeed tragic. But it should not b…