Correction, Silverside Resources
In the Nov 17 issue of The Northern Miner, in a story concerning the Cobalt silver property of Silverside Resources, it was incorrectly stated that mining, milling, trucking and refining would cost an…
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Editorial Mining industry can use the help
Mining needs all the help it can get these days, so on general princ iple it can hardly fault the Association of Mining Municipalities of Ontario for a submission it made recently at a conference on n…
Court’s ruling could affect funds’ verdict on Belmoral
After six years of legal proceedings, Belmoral Mines may finally cle ar its name of criminal charges in connection with the death of eight miners at its Val d’Or, Que., gold mine — or it could just b…
Dickenson shopping for gold operations
With approximately $60 million in its treasury, Dickenson Mines has a 2-fold purpose: it is looking to acquire additional North American producing gold operations in addition to maximizing production …
Discovery, Midcon plan amalgamation
An amalgamation has been approved by the boards of directors of Disc overy Mines, Midcon Oil & Gas and Yellowknife Bear Resources. The companies will form Discovery Corp. Discovery shareholders will r…
Metals Report Gold trading in the Far East
For most of us, gold trading is a mysterious business at best. From the five bankers who set the bullion price in London twice each day to gold smugglers in Bangkok, most North Americans know very lit…
Noranda intersects narrow mineralization
Narrow mineralization has been intersected by Noranda Exploration on the company’s optioned gold property near Silverton, B.C. The ground is held under option from Andaurex Resources. Noranda complete…
Production imminent, Royex eyes Hedley
With production from its Mascot gold mine scheduled for mid-1987, Royex Gold Mining has moved decisively to expand its land position around Hedley in south-central B.C. Royex will take a share positon…
Forest Hill adds zest to Seabright’s potential
Underground development work at Seabright Resources Inc.’s gold property here is advancing rapidly to put ore reserves into the proven category. While an investment research report by Levesque, Beaubi…
American Platinum assays platinum at Lac des Iles
Platinum and palladium mineralization has been assayed on ground tyi ng on to the eastern boundary of the Madeleine Mines platinum-palladium Roby deposit in the Lac des Iles area, north of Thunder Bay…
Teck will not proceed on Fleck’s platinum bet
In a move that has left Fleck Resources in the words of President Jo hn McGoran”not in the best position,” Teck Corp. has not picked up its option on the former’s 100%-owned platinum group metals (PGM…
Whiff of flow-through death emanates from Finance Dept.
Statements made last week by Finance Minister Michael Wilson are the closest thing yet to a requiem for flow-through share financing. Preaching tax reform to a congregation of corporate executives and…