Dome Mines looking upbeat
A bright, definitely upbeat picture of the gold mining operations of the Dome Mines’ group of companies was painted by Dome management during a tour here of the famous Big Dome mine, and later, of Sig…
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Competing takeover bid for Vestgron Mines shares
The halt in trading in shares of Vestgron Mines on the Toronto Stock Exchange was still in effect at press time while the company deals with what appears to be a bidding war. A competing takeover bid …
High grade PGM results for Technigen
Preliminary exploration work on Technigen Platinum Corp.’s Muskox property in the Northwest Territories has led to the discovery of two high grade platinum-palladium occurrences. Equinox Resources, th…
After absence from mining, Moneta Porcupine is back
Better known as a small oil and gas explorer during the early 1980s, Moneta Porcupine Mines has returned to the business it began with in 1910 — gold mining and exploration. Armed with new management…
Editorial: A national drive for mine automation
It is no secret that non-gold mining in Canada is struggling to stay alive. Some mining executives liken it to fighting a war. As a result, there is a real urgency among some mining executives to acce…
Achates drilling Vassan in winter
Deep drilling is scheduled to start this winter on the Vassan Twp., Que., claims held by Achates Resources and Fancamp Resources, a private company. The claims are located near Val d’Or. The drilling…
Raymor stripping its Amos property
An access road is being completed by Raymor Resources to the company’ s gold property near Amos, Que. Once completed, the road will enable the transport of heavy equipment required for a stripping and…
Chesbar needs 500,000 tons
Chesbar Resources has started underground work on Murgold Resources’ Chester Twp. property in Ontario’s Swayze area with the objective of proving up 500,000 tons of ore by year-end grading 0.30 oz gol…
Colony Pacific expects Blue Moon tonnage boost
With the results of this year’s exploration program on its Blue Moon project now being compiled, Colony Pacific Explorations President Pierre Lebel expects there will be a material increase in tonnage…
Seabright issue gets exchange approval
A private offering of Seabright Resources flow-through shares has been approved by the Toronto and Montreal exchanges, the company says. Based on a minimum offering of 100 units and a maximum offering…
Getty Resources files prospectus
Getty Resources has filed in all provinces except Quebec, and has obtained receipts for a final prospectus for the offering of four million units, each consistng of one common share and two common sha…
Dome drilling on Melrose prospect
Dome Exploration has started drilling on Melrose Resources’ Blackstock Twp. property 30 miles southeast of Timmins. To date about 14,000 ft of drilling has been completed in 17 holes to test magnetic …