Placer Dome options Dufresnoy property
A letter of intent has been signed between Dufresnoy Inc. (ME) and Placer Dome (TSE) whereby the latter may earn a 50% interest in the former’s New Bidlamaque Union Mining property just east of Val d’…
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Westmin’s Pioneer leads Sulphurets into production phase
A hot spot for gold discoveries over the past few years, British Columbia’s Stewart- Sulphurets region is moving into a production phase following start-up of Westmin Mines’ (TSE) Premier Gold propert…
Books in Review Book examines remedies for shareholders
At a time when leveraged buy- outs, poison pills and junk financings are becoming almost daily occurrences, it is more important than ever for shareholders of public and private companies to know thei…
ASSAY TECHNOLOGY
It’s hard to say exactly when it Istarted, but some time last year Imajor assaying labs across the country began receiving increased amounts of more soil, grab, trench, channel and bulk samples from b…
Gold THE SUPPLY QUESTION
There probably are more “experts” on the subject of gold than on any other financial entity. But when one lives with the gold market day in and day out and observes how its price continually changes i…
Digital Prospecting
I was pleased to see the article entitled “Digital Prospecting” in the June issue, for despite its value, the technology may not yet be well known within the geological community. Unfortunately, altho…
Editor’s Note VISIONARIES
Metals analysts are supposed to be Mseers. In truth, they can only Mpolish the prism through which we see very imperfectly the future. Yet occasionally an analyst is so skilled or lucky that his predi…
Coal and Uranium POOR COUSINS
Miners tend to picture a prosperous future when the present is bleak. Half full now as the glass may be, optimists will tell you that in a month’s time (or within one or two years hence) the glass onc…
osscuts PLATINUM
Dr Harry Warren, a pioneer biogeochemist and honorary professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of British Columbia, has discovered that bee pollen laced with naturally-occu…
50 Years Ago NEW GOLD DISCOVERY NEAR ROWAN LAKE
New and quite interesting gold finds were made by Ken McRae last month at Wampum Lake in the Rowan Lake district, 40 odd miles north of Fort Frances. Several narrow quartz veins have been uncovered an…
A FLAT MARKET
Silver, traditionally the poor Sman’s gold, hasn’t made any investors– well-heeled or impoverished — any money over the past couple of years at least. And, according to forecasts by Shearson Lehman …
Asbestos FUGITIVE FIBRE
It is practically indestructible. It resists heat, acids and electrical currents. It is chemically inert. Builders add it to concrete for extra strength and durability, yet its fibres are supple enoug…