HSK Vigrass results
No economic gold values were assayed in core from an initial drill program completed by HSK Minerals on the company’s Vigrass Lake project near Kirkland Lake, Ont. The program was designed to follow u…
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Stephen Roman dead at age 66
Stephen B. Roman, the man who took control of a penny mining stock in 1953 and built it into one of the largest mining empires in Canada, has died. He was 66. A spokesman for Denison Mines said Roman …
Noramex gets results from Nevada drilling
Encouraged by a recently-completed 16-hole drill program, Noramex Minerals and partners Hillside Energy and Calvada Resources plan a $400,000 follow-up program on their Bunce heap leach gold project i…
Belmoral, Yorbeau complete agreement
Completion of an agreement whereby Belmoral Mines will spend $10 million to acquire a 50% interest in Yorbeau Resources’ Astoria gold property in northwestern Quebec, and $5 million to acquire Yorbeau…
Montreal Exchange Revised takeover bid
Although it currently holds 56.5% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Louvem Mines, St. Genevieve Resources appears to be meeting some resistance to its revised takeover bid for the gold pr…
Letters to the Editor A pleasant reminiscence
I worked at the Lake Shore in the early ’30s and your recent Odds ‘n’ Sods story brought to mind an event that happened there. I was a machine runner working for Jone Southall in a stope on the upper …
Echo Bay budget $9.5 million
Echo Bay Mines has budgeted $9.5 million(US) for exploration work on its Kettle and Key gold properties in Washington state this year. The company can earn a 60% interest for an expenditure of $10 mil…
Platinum at Big Trout
The first hole in the current drill program at Big Trout Lake in northwestern Ontario by International Platinum Corp. has returned an assay of 0.15 oz platinum group metals per ton over two feet, pres…
Metal Prices FUTURES PRICES (March 21, 1988)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Mar 104.30 101.10 101.10 + 1.60 May 97.00…
Letters to the Editor (March 21, 1988)
I do hope you plan to soon re-introduce oil stock quotations. Many of the oils have mining properties, for example, Barons Oil, in which I have an interest. Too, The Northern Miner is such a reliable …
Vancouver Stock Exchange Windarra slips on production news
One of the most active issues on the Vancouver Stock Exchange this week was Windarra Minerals. Some 718,900 shares changed hands as the issue slipped a penny to close at $1 even, once again proving th…
Kapalua plans shaft, stoping
Plans to sink a shaft and perform lateral stoping for the removal of bulk samples have been announced by Kapalua Gold Mines of Calgary for the Briscoe-Bryce gold property near Kirkland Lake, Ont. The …