An expected end to the recent copper “boom” may not be music to the ears of Cominco Ltd.’s Vancouver-based executives. With an output of 194 million lb in 1987, Cominco was Canada’s second- highest le…
Toronto-based Geddes Resources (TSE) has almost completed a 7,000-ft adit at the Windy Craggy copper-gold-cobalt-zinc project in northwestern B.C., shareholders were told at the company’s recent annua…
Asbestos producers have faced numerous difficulties over the years including Cassiar Mining (TSE) whose product quality is one of the highest in the world. In terms of usage its fibre is also among th…
Production of silver-lead-zinc concentrates is under way once again at the Comstock Silver Cup mine in British Columbia’s Slocan mining district, The Northern Miner has learned. Nearly 70 years since …
A $2.90(US) price increase has been won by Westar Mining (TSE) from its Japanese customers for the coal year commencing April 1. This brings the price for metallurgical coal to $46.90 per tonne. Westa…
An underground exploration program on the Maude Lake gold deposit is progessing on schedule, operator Equinox Resources (TSE) says. The property, which is located near Matheson, Ont., is held under op…
As though an electrical power rate increase announced late last year of about 5.2 per cent to direct power users weren’t enough, it is now being proposed that a sales tax be added to the cost of power…
A 33,500-ton bulk sampling program at the Francoeur property is expected to be completed by May, Rouyn Mining Resources (TSE) says. Following the completion of the mining program, the company plans to…
International Coast Minerals (VSE) has started a $340,000 drilling, trenching and sampling program on its Bear gold prospect in the Kennedy River area west of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. The com…
It looks as if Murray Pezim’s Prime Capital will sit tight for a while to see where the cards fall in its takeover (via a private placement) attempt for North American Metals. (A gremlin crept into ou…
Thanks to a more efficient mining method and some new technology, Cliff Resources (TSE) is planning to extract about 20,000 oz gold this year from its Green Hill placer gold mine at Olinghouse, Nev. O…
Downsview, Ont.-based Flint Rock Mines (VSE) says it is seeking approval for a $105,000 flow- through share issue for exploration at a property in the Larder Lake, Ont., region. Flint Rock says the is…
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