United Siscoe changes name
Changes at United Siscoe Mines have resulted in a corporate reorganization and a name change. United Siscoe, which owns about 25% of American Barrick Resources, is now The Horsham Corporation. Appoint…
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Terra plans leach test on Las Minitas gold bet
A 5,000-ton heap leach test is scheduled for Terra Mines’ Las Minitas Mexico gold project later this summer, says Robert Evans, president, in an interim report. He expects that feasibility work will b…
Curator, Granges complete deal
A private placement has been completed between International Curator Resources and Granges Exploration whereby Granges has purchased 1.3 million units at $1 per unit, each unit comprising one common s…
Letters to the Editor Protest federal move
We have recently been informed that the federal department of Energy, Mines and Resources is planning to disband Peter Hood’s magnetic survey research group. As a company engaged in mineral exploratio…
Transfer okayed between Canacord and subsidiary
A deal between Canacord Resources and a wholly-owned subsidiary, Exador Resources, will see Canacord transfer its rights under several property agreements to Exador in return for common shares and war…
Analysts meeting
The 19th annual conference of the Canadian Mineral Analysts, jointly sponsored with the American Society of Mineral Analysts, will take place Nov 3-6 at Winnemucca, Nev. More information may be obtain…
Real turnaround for Canreos under Belmoral Mines’ wing
There has been quite a turnaround in the affairs of Canreos Minerals. Under strong new management that has moved this company from the brink of insolvency into a healthy financial position, it is now…
Silver rallies will be shortlived
Silver may struggle to hold $8(US) per oz for much of the summer before an improvement during and after the autumn, with the price for 1987 realistically averaging $7.50, Shearson Lehman Brothers repo…
Morono studies core samples
Preliminary results have been obtained by Morono Mines from 37 holes drilled over three gold- bearing zones on the Verneuil Twp. property located northeast of Senneterre in northern Quebec. The compan…
Test program completed on City’s Cinola deposit
Bench-scale metallurgical test work on various ore types from City Resources’ Cinola gold deposit in the Queen Charlotte Islands yielded a recovery rate greater than 90, says the company. The test pro…
Amalgamation may lead to 100,000 oz per year
The proposed amalgamation of Esperanza Explorations and Black Swan Gold Mines could result in 100,000 oz of gold production for the two companies by late 1988. According to Esperanza President John S….
Carson Hill bet about to pay off for Grandview
Patience is about to pay off for Vancouver-based Grandview Resources. The company, which poured its first dore bar last December from its Carson Hill heap-leach operation in the Mother Lode area of Ca…