Kerr Addison and Minnova form joint venture
Kerr Addison Mines (TSE) and its subsidiary, Minnova Inc. (TSE) will form a joint venture to explore the 250,000 hectares of exploration property held by the two companies. The joint venture will be f…
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THE CARBON SOLUTION
Recovery of gold from cyanide leach solutions can be carried out by zinc precipitation, carbon-in-pulp (CIP) and resin-in-pulp methods. CIP has been generally favored as the method in recently constru…
POINTERS FOR PLANNERS
Much of mine maintenance these days is based on the idea you can predict when a machine will fail. The reasoning goes like this: If you know when a component is going to fail and it costs less to repl…
Toronto Stock Exchange Trading activity depressed by bearish
A base of support appears to be building around the 3,200-pt mark as another week of directionless trading came to a close. Today’s close of 3,266.15 pts was down 4 pts — typical of the trading activ…
IN THE BEGINNING
Were it not for the decision of W one man to probe just a little deeper into the Camflo ground, the orebody may never have become a mine. This is how it happened: On the basis of a magnetometer survey…
Spot prices at a glance (October 03, 1988)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold (per oz) $397.65 $3.95 Silver (per oz) $6.18 $0.01 Platinum (per oz) $495.00 + $3.00 Copper (per lb) $1.14 + $0.03 Lead (per lb) …
Landmark acquires Oakwood A shares
Toronto-based Landmark Corp. (TSE) has acquired 450,000 Class A non-voting shares of Oakwood Petroleums from Drake Holdings Ltd. for a consideration of $450,000, the company said recent. The company a…
Metal Prices FUTURES PRICES (October 03, 1988)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Oct 116.40 115.35 116.80 4.95 Dec 108.50 105.90 108.25 4.65 Mar 98.80 …
Drilling planned at Exall’s Gold Eagle
Toronto-based Exall Resources’ (TSE) wholly-owned Gold Eagle property in near Red Lake, Ont. has been earmarked for a 20,000-ft drill program, the Denison Mines (TSE) affiliate said recently. The form…
Research UNDERWATER PERIL?
Mine tailings that are dumped Minto lakes and other bodies Mof water are sometimes viewed with suspicion. Many people worry that the tailings contaminate drinking water. But studies done by Prof Thoma…
Gold Standard signs Uruguayan venture
Utah-based Gold Standard has signed a joint venture agreement to explore its San Juan Hills gold property in Uruguay. Gold Standard is embarking on the joint venture with Compania Mineral San Jose S.A…
Mishibishu area mines are all active
Although modern exploration interest in the Mishibishu area came about as a sort of `overflow’ from the Hemlo gold rush in the early 1980s, it was only until recent discoveries that major companies ha…