Bongard helps Black Cliff buy 38% of own shares
Toronto-based Black Cliff Mines (TSE) and Toronto financier C. S. Bongard have signed an agreement to purchase all the outstanding Black Cliff shares currently held by Canhorn Mining (TSE) and Great H…
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50,000 oz gold a year is new Queenston target
A minimum production target of 50,000 oz gold a year has been set by Queenston Gold Mines (TSE), for about the fall of 1990, when the company reaches its 50th birthday, shareholders were told at the c…
Glimmer optimistic at Barnet Twp. bet
Thirteen diamond drill holes at the 132-claim gold property of Glimmer Resources (VSE) in northeastern Ontario have yet to uncover any great tonnage, but there is plenty of area left to explore, share…
Timmins to host 2-day symposium on heap leaching
A technical symposium on heap leaching of gold, with special emphasis on applications in Canada, will be held May 24-26 at the Senator Hotel in Timmins, Ont. Organized by the Resource Technology Centr…
Core Shack COURAGEOUS LAKE GOLD
The Tundra deposit, in the Courageous Lake area of the Northwest Territories, has undiluted possible reserves of 26.4 million tons grading 0.18 oz gold per ton and is owned by both the project operato…
Record Mint year
Sales of the Maple Leaf gold coin in 1987 totalled more than 1.4 million oz, or 40% of all gold mined in Canada last year, the Royal Canadian Mint reports. The Mint says the Maple Leaf coin, on a worl…
FROM THE CENTRE LICENSING
Beyond internal technology transfer, opportunities abound for mining companies to licence or sell their operating improvements to other mining companies or suppliers. For example, a friction washer de…
Hemlo buys into Windarra for Mishibishu-area play
Under two separate agreements Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) has agreed to finance Windarra Minerals’ (VSE) participation in a major new gold project (N.M., March 21/88) near Wawa, Ont. Ultimately the pact co…
Cheni sets October date for start-up at Lawyers
A production start-up in late October has been announced by Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) for its Lawyers gold-silver property in the mountainous Toodoggone area of north-central British Columbia. President …
Cambior to put Eldrich-Flavell into production
Cambior Inc. (TSE) has decided to put its wholly-owned Eldrich- Flavell property into production, President Louis Gignac said at the company’s annual meeting in Montreal. The mine, located about nine …
Rockford makes bid for outstanding Tyranex shares
Rockford Minerals (TSE), a Toronto-based exploration company with interests in the Larder Lake, Ont., area, is making a takeover bid for Tyranex Gold (COATS), the company said recently. Rockford said …
Golden Briar finds zone of copper-zinc-silver
A new copper, zinc and silver zone has been discovered in Quebec’s Casa Berardi area, Golden Briar Mines (ME) reports. The discovery is located in an optioned 18-claim area adjoining the southern boun…