Abitibi seeking $7 million
An underground exploration program budgeted at $7.1 million, has been proposed for Abitibi Resources, Bevcon-Buffadison property near Val d’Or, Que. Abitibi and affiliate company Mid-Canada Gold & Cop…
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Metal Markets Share investment advised
Invest in shares rather than physical gold, platinum or silver, J. B. Were & Son advises in a recent update. “Shares usually provide an income in addition to capital gains in excess of inflation,” the…
News in Brief (March 02, 1987)
Hi-Peg Resources has changed its name to Elegance Business Corp. on a share-for-share basis.
ORE HORIZONS A Jurassic Epithermal Gold Area
Located some 300 km north of Smithers, B.C., the Toodoggone precious metals area awaits its inevitable development. Over the next couple of years, several development projects may be undertaken in the…
Getting the R&D Ball Rolling
Increasing co-operative R&D with our universities is probably the best way for Canada to attain global excellence in mining technology. Over its long history, Canadian funding for research and develop…
Where to explore
The location of an orebody should be given a lot of attention when you go out looking for a mine. Development and operationg costs are different in each Canadian region. The philosophy of mineral expl…
ON THE MOVE University of Saskatchewan
Geologist Robert Kerrich has been appointed to the George J. McLeod Chair in Geology at the University of Saskatchewan. He was formerly professor of geology at the University of Western Ontario. Kerri…
ON THE MOVE Clipper Belt Lacer Co.
Clipper Belt Lacer Co. of Grand Rapids, Mich., has appointed John MacDonald as sales and service representative for the Clipper- Mato Division in the Maritimes. His responsibilities will include servi…
ON THE MOVE Fairbank Engineering
Brian Fairbank has founded a new consulting firm, Fairbank Engineering, which provides geological engineering and field services for mining, industrial mineral and geothermal development and explorati…
50 YEARS AGO –MARCH, 1937– PLACER DEVELOPMENT HOLDING COMPANY
Greenshields & Co. of Montreal has announced an offering of 30,000 shares of stock in Placer Development, a British Columbia incorporation specializing in the investigation and development of gold pla…
Denison’s master plan: a better bottom line
When Denison Mines Chairman Stephen B. Roman stands up and tells a packed room of shareholders that he has no grand strategy for the company, one only has to look at the bottom line to see otherwise. …
50 YEARS AGO –MARCH, 1937– YELLOWKNIFE GOLD RESULTS
An official of Yellowknife Gold Mines advises The Northern Miner that results of channel-sampling, recently received, indicate a favorable zone on the Giant group of claims in the Yellowknife River ar…