Win-Eldrich Mines has completed a preliminary feasibility study on its Ashdown gold property in Nevada and plans to start a 5,000-ft reverse circulation drilling program before the end of February. Re…
Breathing new life into the former producing Bagdad Chase gold mine, Bentley Resources is working towards starting up a 350-ton-per-day operation in October this year. The mine, located in the Mojave …
The first quarter is generally slow in Vancouver and this year is no exception. Weaker gold prices have compounded the situation further, but even at these levels producers can still make a tidy profi…
A $70 million construction program will be undertaken by Highland Valley Copper in British Columbia to relocate two mills to a site adjacent to the Lornex Mining milling complex. The program is expect…
Recent press reports have wrongly portrayed Cominco’s large zinc-lead-fertilizer complex at Trail as a threat to employment in Montana and Idaho (N.M., Feb 1/88). The reverse is true. Cominco’s smelte…
The 60th annual meeting of the Lead Industries Association and the 70th annual meeting of the Zinc Institute will open April 11 in Chicago. The 3-day lead/zinc affair will cover marketing and supply-d…
Montreal junior Freewest Resources has struck a deal with an Australian mining firm. A subsidiary of “down under” company Ashton Mining has acquired an option from Freewest to earn a 65% interest in t…
Two junior Nova Scotia gold explorers are planning a big Maritime wedding.Presidents Gerald McConnell, a Halifax lawyer, and geologist Dr William Young of Toronto, have agreed to amalgamate their tw…
Encouraging gold values have been obtained from the Exxeter property in Vauquelin Twp., southeast of Val d’Or, Que., which confirm the extension of the mineralized Zone 1 at depth, Norwood Exploration…
A crashing gold price, which erased 232.13 pts from the tse’s gold and silver index today, was the only highlight in a generally lacklustre trading week. Bullion tumbled through the $440-mark to $435….
A bid by St. Genevieve Resources of Montreal to buy up the outstanding balance of shares of Louvem Mines it does not already own has been announced. St. Genevieve holds an approximate 56% interest in …
Hourly employees at Lac Minerals’ Bousquet mine near Malartic, Que., have voted 80% in favour of accepting a new three-year collective agreement, the company said recently. The 262 employees represent…
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