News

W. R. O. Aitken, executive vice- president of Inco Ltd., will be the guest speaker at the annual Students Night meeting of the Toronto Branch cim to be held at the Royal York Hotel Jan 21. Topic will …

Joint-venture partners Aunore Resources and Nova Beaucage Mines say they plan to start mining in April a bulk sample from the Elder gold property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., and hopefully will be in pro…

Dolphin Explorations 0 3/4of Vancouver has negotiated a private placement of 109,180 flow-through shares to fund exploration work worth about $225,000 on the company’s properties. The issue price will…

Noront Resources and Central Crude Ltd. have agreed to merge the two companies on the basis of one Central Crude share for each five shares of Noront held. Central Crude is active in mineral explorati…

A better year is forecast by Shearson Lehman Brothers for lead than for zinc. In its Annual Review of the World Lead & Zinc Industries 1987, Shearson says the zinc market is fundamentally oversupplied…

Another junior exploration company has fallen victim to the Oct 19 market downturn. Monte Carlo Gold Mines, which has had trouble getting the financing to explore its Aruba Island gold prospect, has f…

A field trip to a number of operating gold mines in Utah and Nevada is being planned by the Toronto branch of the cim May 22-29. It will include the Mercur operation in Utah, Goldstrike in the Carolin…

Several strong drill intersections have been completed by partners T & H Resources (40%), Jonpol Explorations (40%) and Coastoro Resources (20%) on their joint ventured property in Garrison Twp., Ont….

I read with interest the results of your Readership Survey What readers like — and don’t like — about The Northern Miner, (Dec 14, 1987). I strongly disagree with the findings in one very important …

The following is excerpted from two letters sent to The Northern Miner, written by Jean-Jacques Martel of Amos, Que. Martel is vice-president of Explorations Minieres du Nord, a Quebec-based junior mi…

Visitors travelling the Highland Valley highway at Logan Lake, B.C., last year must have wondered what was going on at the Highland Valley Copper mine site. Slowly taking shape, like some ancient Egyp…

Drilling of 23 holes by International Curator Resources has indicated an encouraging reserve picture on its Jualin gold prospect near Juneau, Alaska. The 15,000 ft of drilling indicates probable reser…