Hawk finds nickel
Hawk Resources (VSE) has made a nickel-copper discovery on its property in the Lac St. Jean area of Quebec. Surface exploration resulted in the discovery of a mineralized showing which assayed 0.62% n…
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Investment forum
Financial analysts Shearson Lehman Hutton will hold a one-day forum discussing investment in metals and mining in London, England on Nov 1. Presentations will be made on gold by Consolidated Gold Fiel…
Supreme Court to hand down decision on Williams mine
Corona Corp. (TSE) says it has been advised by the Supreme Court of Canada that a decision on the final appeal by LAC Minerals (TSE) concerning ownership of the Williams gold mine at Hemlo, Ont., was …
Detour Gold
Since production began in 1983, Placer Dome’s Detour Lake mine has turned out more than half a million oz of gold. Pictured here with the gold bars that con tain the 500,000th oz are (left to right) T…
Ronrico bulk sample
A bulk sampling program completed on the former-producing Simkar property near Val d’Or, Que, yielded an average recovered gold grade of 0.217 oz gold per ton. Partners Louvicourt Gold Mines (COATS) a…
Strike acquisition
Strike Minerals (COATS) has acquired 103 claims in Baden Twp., Ont. The claims are adjacent to a 28-claim block already owned by the company. An airborne geophysical survey has been completed.
Alberta Stock Exchange Soocana secretive
For the second week in succession, Soocana Explorations, gained significant ground without making any announcements. Last week, Soocana advanced by 30 cents on speculation that the Toronto company ha…
Falling base metal prices may hinder Amax
Is Amax Inc. (NYSE) getting Falconbridge Ltd. (TSE) for a song or will the proposed $2.8-billion takeover handcuff Amax to a staggering debt for years to come? Much depends on the outlook for base met…
McAdam progressing at Spud Valley bet
When work on a test milling facility at McAdam Resources’ (TSE) Spud Valley gold project is completed later this month, the company says it will conduct the first test run on a surface stockpile. Rese…
Pegasus options Quartz Mountain gold project
Quartz Mountain Gold Corp. (TSE) may soon have a new joint venture partner for its Quartz Mountain gold project in Lake Cty., Oregon. The Vancouver-based company recently granted Pegasus Gold Corp. (T…
Three prospectors vend claims for $1.4 million
Anyone who has ever contemplated a prospecting venture or staked a mining claim knows the chance of striking it rich is about the same as winning a lottery. But every so often the classic story of a b…
Normetal mine nears production again
A $2.4-million private placement arranged by partners Normetal Mining Exploration (ME) and La Sarre Mining Exploration (ME) will be used to bring a silver-zinc project, near La Sarre, Que., into produ…