LAC to gain from BIG’s exploration potential
Promising exploration potential is one major asset Bond International Gold (TSE) will have to offer its new controlling shareholder LAC Minerals (TSE) of Toronto. According to broker Shearson Lehman H…
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Samatrosum mine opens producing silver, zinc plus copper, lead,
The sun shone only briefly during the official opening of the Samatosum mine 40 km from this small community, but it was enough to cap a red letter day for Minnova Inc. (TSE) and junior partner Rea Go…
CEIP seminars aimed to educate skeptics
If there are any remaining misconceptions about the Canadian Exploration Incentive Program (CEIP), government officials in the federal department of Energy Mines and Resources hope to have them cleare…
Current market
Current market conditions may have slowed the fund-raising but they haven’t dampened the enthusiasm of the officers of Armistice Resources (ME), who continue their search for a gold deposit at Virgini…
Savanna Resources Sept 29
A number of different companies have taken a look and then walked away from Savanna Resources’ (ASE) Turner Albright polymetallic project in southern Oregon. Noranda Exploration, for example, optioned…
Treminco to test mine NWT gold bet
As soon as permitting is in place, Treminco Resources (TSE) plans to begin test mining the Crestaurum gold property 15 miles from its Ptarmigan gold mine in the Northwest Territories. The company rece…
Nfld exploration activity high
Mineral exploration in Newfoundland during 1989 maintained a very healthy level of activity as more mining companies realized that Newfoundland is one of the prime areas for mineral exploration in the…
Freewest results renew interest in Harker-Holloway
Results from deep drilling by Noranda Inc. (TSE) on ground held in joint venture with Freewest Resources (ME) has sparked renewed interest in the Harker- Holloway area north of Kirkland Lake, Ont. Dri…
McNickel buying copper-nickel bet in Saskatchewan
McNickel Inc. is acquiring a copper-nickel property near Gallager Lake in northern Saskatchewan. The 8-claim property is reported to host a deposit with some 1.77 million tons of material grading 0.73…
Hillsborough ends deal
Hillsborough Resources (TSE) has decided not to participate in a joint venture with Corner Bay Explorations, a private company, on Corner Bay’s copper property near Chibougamau, Que. The Corner Bay de…
Inside New look at Val d’Or
Val d’Or, Que., has been well worked over by gold explorationists, but its base metal potential has been largely overlooked for the past 20 years. New geological theories and new exploration technique…
GSC Forum 90
The Geological Survey of Canada’s Forum 90 will be held Jan 15-17, 1990, in Ottawa, Ont. The theme will be the Survey’s work in the Arctic. Talks and post er presentations will follow the forum. Popul…