White Gold signs crushing deal
Under contract with White Gold Ventures (ASE), S.D. Engineering of California will crush 50,000 tons of material for inventory purposes on White’s limestone property in Baja California, Mex. White say…
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Ennex, Cominco in Irish joint venture
Irish mining firm Ennex International says a 17-hole drill program is under way on its Rathdowney base metal properties in the midlands Ireland. Northgate Exploration (TSE) holds a 35% indirect intere…
Quebec association’s research focuses on narrow-vein mining
In 1989-90, research was one of the Quebec Mining Association’s three priorities. The main problems consist in the need to transform narrow-vein exploration technology so as to considerably increase t…
Mining continues to play a big role in Wawa’s affairs
The Town of Wawa owes its origin and history to the mining business, and even though mining and mining related activities are currently a declining contributor to the town’s economy, they still play a…
NO HEADLINE (October 15, 1990)
TEXT: REGIONAL SPECIAL, SECTION B NORTHERN ONTARIO & QUEBEC…
Aurochs option
Aurochs Exploration (ME) has negotiated an agreement with Robopro Inc. which will allow the former to earn a 100% interest in the Dovercliff property, 7 km. east of Rouyn-Noranda, Que. To earn its int…
RSV to explore B.C. claims
RSV Resource (VSE) expects to raise $250,000 from two recent private placement agreements for exploration of the Spider and Edith claims near Stewart, B.C. The company can earn a 60% interest in the p…
Candol placements
A private placement (involving shares and warrants) worth $1.3 million has been entered into by Ng Mok Yuen of Hong Kong with Candol Developments (TSE) of Vancouver. The placement will mean a change o…
Experience gained in 1980s prepared industry for 1990s
Mining engineers at the junior and middle management levels these days are products of the late 1960s and ’70s. In earlier days, all engineers at some time worked in gold mines, large and small. With …
FUTURES PRICES (October 15, 1990)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Oct 131.00 129.00 129.00 + 2.45 Nov 125.65 123.50 123.35 + 1.25 Dec 121.50 117.80 118.10 — 0.25 SILVER (in US ce…
Montreal Exchange Active trading week
The best 1-day volume — 14 million shares — recorded this year couldn’t halt the decline in the general market index during the holiday-shortened week ended Oct. 9. The market portfolio was off by 2…
Mishibishu activity lukewarm but still `prime hunting ground’
This time last year the Mishibishu Lake area in northern Ontario was hopping. Gold discoveries were cropping up on a regular basis, the Magnacon mine was emerging as a regional success story, and some…