Etruscan exploring gold bet in Nevada
Exploration work worth $275,000 will be spent by Etruscan Enterprises of Vancouver on a gold property in Nevada, President R.J. MacNeill reports. The program, comprising i.p. surveys, drilling and add…
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Glimmer active in Harker-Holloway
An exploration program of surface stripping and sampling is being performed by Glimmer Resources on the company’s 108-claim property in Barnet Twp., Ont. The claims are located in the Harker- Hollowa…
Editorial A plan to keep the mining towns going
The following is extracted from a brief presented by the Canadian Associatio n of Single Industry Towns at the recent 44th annual mines ministers’ conference, in St. John’s, Nfld. “We believe that t…
Canreos acquires option to buy Melba mine property
The old Melba gold mine near Kirkland Lake, Ont., is being bought by Canreos Minerals (1980) under an option agreement from Nordex Explosives for an aggregate price of $750,000. Canreos President Koos…
Lacana gets block of Newhawk shares
Lacana Mining Corp. is taking a bigger bite of the highly interesting Sulphurets gold-silver project 35 miles northwest of Stewart, B.C., via Newhawk Gold Mines. Under an agreement reached this week, …
Cuvier suing Noranda
Cuvier Mines is suing Noranda Exploration for what it says was the improper transfer of mining claims to Noranda. Cuvier launched the lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland this week over 20 cla…
Alberta Stock Exchange Jascan performs
Misgivings about the future of the current bull market failed to affect the share prices of a number of Alberta gold issues. Showing significant gains on recent performances, they seemed to ignore the…
Metal Prices FUTURES PRICES (September 14, 1987)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Sept. 81.00 78.50 80.90 — — Dec. 79.25 76.70 79.15 + 4.20 J…
Editorial Geological maapping might be better
Geological mapping, a senior Canadian geologist said, is just like the weather. Everybody complains about it, but nobody does anything about it. Happily, the Prospectors and Developers Association o…
Obituary Alex Samson
Alex Samson, former treasurer and a director of Campbell Chibougamau Mines (now Campbell Resources) has died in Peterboro, Ont., at age 80. Mr Samson, who was with Campbell Chibougamau from 1950 to 19…
Duration expands dewatering at Theresa
Initial results from an underground program at the Theresa mine project near Geraldton, Ont., are encouraging, Duration Mines president David Rogers says. Duration and Locator Explorations are equal p…
Mobrun mine, a triumph for Audrey president
In a region where Falconbridge and Noranda are the established producers, a relative unknown named Audrey Resources is about to make its presence felt with announcements on two key properties. During …