Teck, Tundra drift into visible gold
Underground exploration work on a section of the Lamaque gold property near Val d’Or, Que., has encountered visible gold in drift faces. Teck Exploration, which is performing the work funded by Tundra…
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Metal Prices FUTURES PRICES N.Y. Mercantile Exchange (March 23, 1987)
Week’s High Low Close Change PLATINUM (in US$ per oz.) March — — 523.40 + 4.70 April 525.50 518.40 524.40 + 4.50 July 531.0…
Carolin throws ball back into Intergold U.S.A. court
Carolin Mines has thrown the ball back into the court of Intergold U.S.A. which claims to have found extremely high gold and platinum values in Carolin mine tailings (N.M., Feb 16/87). The company say…
Production decision at Farley in ’88
A production decision for the Farley Lake gold deposit is scheduled to be made in 1988, partners Farley Gold and Manitoba Mineral Resources say. Located 25 miles east of Lynn Lake, Man., the deposit h…
Metal Prices FUTURES PRICES N.Y. Commodity Exchange (March 23, 1987)
Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) March 63.45 63.30 63.45 + 0.20 May 63.65 63.35 63.60 + 0.25 July …
Falco aiming to retain capacity even under ’94 emission target
Falconbridge Ltd. plans to spend $3 million over the next three years on new technologies designed to reduce acid rain-causing sulphur dioxide emissions from its copper- nickel smelter in Sudbury, Ont…
Editorial The public sees a good future for mining
It’s heartening to know most Canadians don’t believe that mining in this country is a sunset industry. We know that and the industry knows that, even in a period (with the exception of the gold sect…
Metal Prices FREE MARKET London Metal Exchange (March 16, 1987)
Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne Date Mar. 10 Mar. 9 Mar. 6 Mar. 5 Mar. 4 Copper 904.5-906 892 -893 899 -900 897.5-898.5 911 -912 Lead 298 -298.5 296 -2…
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD for Mine Doyon
La Mine Doyon in northwestern Quebec recently won an award for environmental protection at the eighth annual Mercuriades competition in Montreal. Organized by the Quebec Chamber of Commerce, the Mercu…
National lecture tour on underground technology
Dr Peter K. Kaiser, professor of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, will be lecturing across Canada on the recent trends in construction of underground openings in rock, courtesy of the Canadia…
High grade results
High grade intersections have been encountered in a northward extension of a gold zone under development at the Granges- MacMillan Mishibishu Lake project in northern Ontario, MacMillan Energy reports…
Falconbridge/Oasis hit platinum values
There are some very good surprises turning up at the Ungava property located in Cape Smith, Que., Jean Pierre Cloutier, Falconbridge Ltd.’s manager of exploration for that province, tells The Northern…