Golden Terrace turns attention to base metals
While he is not giving up on gold, President Garry Smith of Golden Terrace Resources (TSE) says he would like to see his company branch off into base metals and industrial minerals. The junior company…
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Valdez Creek placer project going on hold
Operations at the Valdez Creek placer gold project in Alaska will be suspended temporarily in September and the project placed on a care and maintenance basis pending higher gold prices. The project, …
Maintenance AVOIDING CRISES
“History-and-analysis” is the term used for the recording and analytical study of interesting past events in a given maintenance program. It is an essential part of any effective maintenance operation…
Montreal Exchange Interest remains high
Trading activity was busy again this week in companies with interests in properties in the Val d’Or, Que., area near the recent Louvicourt Twp. copper-zinc discovery. The find by Aur Resources and Soc…
On western extensio New discovery at Mishibishu
A new gold discovery of much more than passing interest has just been made by the Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) and Noranda Exploration team on a large optioned property at the western extremity of the 23-mi…
Hardrock and partners face financing hurdles
Affiliated companies Hardrock Extension (TSE), Geraldton Longlac Gold (COATS) and Ferau Resources (COATS) face a difficult task ahead as they try to raise funds for additional exploration work on thei…
Dona Lake important to Placer’s Canadian plans….photo
Ontario Premier David Peterson, left, assisted by Placer Dome vice-president Henry Brehaut, hammers his initials into a $500,000 gold bar to mark the mark the official opening of the Dona Lake gold mi…
More drills head for Aur find ….Photo by The Northern Miner
Aur Resources President James Gill explains how geological detective work led to discovery of a new massive sulphide deposit in the South horizon of the Louvem property. The map in background shows pr…
Noront placement
Noront Resources (VSE) has hired Canarim Investment Corp. to act on its behalf in a $460,000 private placement involving 400,000 units at $1.15 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one…
Lifetime licence….photo
Robert M. Ginn (right), president of The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, is presented with a permanent prospectors licence by Ontario’s mines minister Sean Conway. Ginn was recognize…
Metal snips (June 26, 1989)
Plans to expand the capacity of a number of zinc-producing facilities around the world are in the works. Zinc Corp. of America is reported to be considering increasing the capacity of its Monaca, Pa.,…
Hamburg, West Germany to host Potash ’91
The second international potash technology conference will take place May 27-28, 1991, in Hamburg, West Germany. “Potash 91” will survey new developments in the potash industry including topics in geo…