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Laboratory analyses of six gold ore samples from mines near Fairbanks, Alaska, revealed substantial amounts of platinum, leading U.S. Geological Survey scientists to conclude in a report that the area…

I was appalled to see Giant Bay’s microbes described as “killer bugs” and “aggressive” in the Sept 7 issue of The Northern Miner. These characterizations are totally erroneous. As with all developers …

What can only be described as an insatiable demand for gold stocks continues to bolster the Vancouver market. Despite some negative signs on the horizon, the market’s fundamentals are still pretty goo…

Thanks to an additional $1.5- million flow-through financing Red Lake-Sun Valley Resources now has $2.5 million to spend on exploration at its Red Lake, Ont. property. Red Lake-Sun Valley received $1 …

Rene Fontaine, who resigned about a year ago under a conflict-of- interest cloud as Ontario minister of northern development and mines, has returned to the provincial cabinet fold, this time as minist…

Golden Range Resources says it has optioned 116 units or about 7,200 acres some 40 air miles from Revelstoke, B.C., and can earn a 100% undivided interest by spending $500,000 over five years, and mak…

Satisfied with the results of its phase one exploration program on its Munro Twp. property north of Kirkland Lake, Ont., White-Guyatt Mining says it will proceed with phase two of the program which in…

Vancouver-based Goldenbell Resources is still awaiting the results of an enviromental study before it can proceed to production at its Pine Tree gold property in Mariposa Cty., Calif. Assuming it is g…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 82.50 cents -85.00 cents per lb. (Sept 24,1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.12-$1.16 per lb. (Sept 3, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.75-$4.90 per lb. (Sept 17, 1987). C…

One of the top geologists in the world-renowned Thayer Lindsley mine-finding team, Jock MacGregor, has died at the Toronto Western Hospital at the age of 86. A graduate from Harriot Watt University o…

An exploration program is under way on the Monique property, located about 26 km east of Val d’Or, Que., which will continue until January, Monicor Exploration reports. Analyses of two drill holes hav…

What it describes as a significant discovery is reported by Santa Maria Resources, on its Zeemel Lake property in the Opapimiskan Lake area of northwestern Ontario. President Gordon Plaskett says in a…