Royal Oak, Falco cut copper, zinc
A $4-million exploration drive by Falconbridge on Royal Oak Mines’ (TSE) base metal property 20 miles west of Sudbury, Ont., has turned up encouraging mineralization almost two miles away from a known…
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Dessir slips despite good results — Market snubs high-grade core
Drilling on the Gibbs property in Mariposa Cty., Calif., continues to return spectacular gold values, including a 76-ft. intersection grading 2.01 oz. gold per ton. But the stock price of Dessir Resou…
Loki ups reserves estimate at Brewery Creek project
The Brewery Creek gold project near Dawson, Yukon, is now reported to contain preliminary reserves in nine shallow deposits totalling about 16.5 million tons (diluted) at an average grade of 0.054 oz….
Vior planning private placement
A private placement worth $212,500-500,000 is being planned by Societe d’Exploration Miniere Vior (ME) of Quebec City. Offering to subscribe to a minimum of $100,000 and a maximum of $125,000 is the Q…
Prime land forbidden during talks
Although the Teme-Augama Anishnabai band has relinquished its interest in four townships surrounding Temagami and Elk Lake, Ont., the provincial government has not yet reopened the area to claimstaker…
Highland Valley in strike position
Highland Valley Copper, owned 50% by Cominco (TSE), 33.6% by Rio Algom (TSE), 13.9% by Teck (TSE), and 2.5% by Highmont Mining, has been facing the possibility of a strike since September when the uni…
Lassonde to depict Soviet sojourn
Pierre Lassonde will be the speaker at a luncheon hosted by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Nov. 21, at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel. With the aid of slides, he will talk abo…
Prospector Larche recovering from Aug. 7 plane crash
Timmins prospector John Larche was in Toronto recently while travelling to Florida to recuperate from an Aug. 7 plane crash near High Level, Alta. Harris Hanson of Kirkland Lake, a close friend and pa…
High grades from Gap zone
Ongoing drilling by Westmin Resources (TSE) is continuing to return high-grade results from the Gap zone discovery area on the Myra Falls mine property near Campbell River, B.C..T The latest hole, 15-…
Soocana split
Shareholders of Soocana Explorations (ASE) approved a 2-for-1-share split, the company says. Soocana is planning a rights offering, subject to regulatory approval, designed to raise finds for an explo…
Industrial minerals focus of conference (November 11, 1991)
If metals create the skeleton of an industrialized society, then non-metallic minerals form the flesh. Commonplace as they seem, industrial minerals enter practically every phase of life. They are the…
Preliminary Spectrum reserve estimate
A reserve estimate was released by Columbia Gold Mines (VSE) and Eurus Resource (VSE) for the Spectrum gold project in the north Iskut region of British Columbia. The project is operated by Columbia, …