Missinabie exploration funded by Q-Vest issue
First General Mine Management and Gold Corp. of Toronto, has signed a flow-through agreement to earn up to $150,000 for exploration at its Missinabie area gold properties near Wawa, Ont. Under the agr…
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Tundra moving drills to platinum project
Two diamond drills are being moved to Tundra Gold Mines’ platinum- palladium prospect on the Labrador Trough (Permit area No 737) and should be operating before month-end, the company advises. What it…
Mining omitted by Ottawa in program for Ontario
Mining observers here say a $55-million economic development program announced July 13 doesn’t do much for the industry. Michel Cote, minister of regional industrial expansion, and James Kelleher, fed…
METAL MARKETS Labor troubles could spark rise in gold price
Pressing labor problems in South Africa, which in 1986 produced half of the gold in the non- communist world, may soon have a profound effect on the price of the precious metal. The National Union of …
Editorial Boosting Technology Transfer
Politicians and academics have long played lip service to something they call “technology transfer” — making sure the discoveries that are made in our research institutions are introduced to our mine…
Ground Control
The 7th international conference on Ground Control in Mining is scheduled for Aug 3-5, 1988, at Morgantown, West Virginia. Papers to be presented at the conference are being invited in the field of gr…
General News and Comments Female professionals do best in Nova
Women still make up less than one per cent of the workforce in the Nova Scotia mining industry, although they are slowly becoming more involved, Cape Breton Development Corp. coal geologist Heather Ma…
Lord River set to drill Pellaire property
Drilling is scheduled to begin within the month on Lord River Gold Mines’ Pellaire property 120 miles north of Vancouver. Cons. Silver Standard Mines is the company’s largest shareholder with a 41% in…
Perron, D’Or Val in joint venture
Entering into an agreement, subject to regulatory approval, for the joint exploration and development of the Beaufor property in Pascalis Twp. in northwestern Quebec are Perron Gold Mines and D’Or Val…
Gunnar, Mill City to lease gold betin Colorado
Gunnar Gold and Mill City Gold have entered into a lease agreement with Horizon Gold Shares of Evergreen, Colo., to evaluate the Ute Creek property near Idaho Springs, Colo. The lease calls for minimu…
CME seeks control of Pine Bell Mines
If shareholders of CME Capital Inc. approve the transaction at a special meeting to be called shortly, this company will take over control of Pine Bell Mines. The proposal is to acquire l,950,000 shar…
Mid-North completes financing; signs exploration deal
A recent share issue raised $340,000 for Mid-North Resources of Calgary. The company sold 500,000 common shares at 68 cents per share, with the accompanying 250,000 warrants being exercisable at 75 c…