PCA shareholders give nod to offer by Rio Algom
Preferred shareholders of Potash Co. of America (pca) have voted in favor of an amalgamation between their company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rio Algom Ltd. Rio Algom reports the preferred share…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Viceroy to start gold production next summer
With major permits granted and financing arranged, Viceroy Resources expects to begin production at its Castle Mountain heap leach gold property in San Bernardino Cty., Calif., by next summer. The $11…
Pioneer Metals commissions mill
VANCOUVER — Following an amazingly short construction period of 35 weeks, Pioneer Metals is commissioning the mill at its Puffy Lake gold project in northwestern Manitoba. As anticipated, the first d…
Corona gold loan
A gold loan of 106,000 oz has allowed International Corona Resources to pay off its share (50%) of the financing for the producing David Bell gold mine at Hemlo in northern Ontario. Corona sold the go…
Tusk Goudreau option
Tusk Minerals has acquired an option to earn a 50% interest in 21 claims northeast of Wawa, Ont. Located in the Goudreau-Missanabie area, the claims are located seven miles east of the Magino and Krem…
From camaraderie to paranoia lessons from Hemlo
Recklessly jumping from choppers still several feet in the air, eager to get some of the action of the Hemlo discovery, mining men alighting in the camp with a thud in 1981 were heard to use some pret…
Encouraging gold assays from Pacquet
Significant gold assays are coming in from the Pacquet property on Newfoundland’s Baie Verte Peninsula where International Impala Resources and Noranda Exploration Co. have a joint venture program. Th…
Beaufield, Falconbridge gold discovery at Rouleau
An important-looking gold discovery has been made by partners Beaufield Resources (49%) and Falconbridge Ltd. (51%) in the Macho- Rouleau area 140 km northeast of Senneterre, Que. Drilling by Falconbr…
Houston expects production decision by late spring
VANCOUVER — A production decision is expected by late spring on the Silver Queen polymetallic property near Houston, B.C., owned 60% by Houston Metals Corp. and 40% by New Nadina Exploration. A feasi…
Eastmaque begins tailings operation
The first tailings have been pumped by Eastmaque Gold Mines to the mill at Kirkland Lake, Ont., the company reports. Although ice cover over Kirkland Lake was having a detrimental affect on dredging o…
SherrGold has 4 drills busy at MacLellan mine property
Almost 25,000 ft of a 43,000-ft drilling program on the MacLellan mine property near Lynn Lake, Man., has been completed, SherrGold Inc. reports. Four drills are busy on the property, which hosts a pr…
Correction (December 28, 1987)
In a reference to the real estate interests of Agnico-Eagle Mines carried in our Investment Comments column, it was incorrectly stated that the new arm could be liquidated immediately at a profit of $…