Fury Explorations starts leaching
Leaching operations have commenced at Fury Explorations’ Grantsville project near Gabbs, Nev. This particular project is silver — not gold — and the company expects to produce approximately 165,000 …
1987
Important discovery for Lac on Doyon
What is termed “an important discovery” by Lac Minerals’ Peter Allen, yet another new gold zone has been identified on the prolific Doyon property in northwestern Quebec it holds jointly with Cambior …
Montreal Exchange Louvem makes deal
What got off to a promising start ended on a down note, with both the market portfolio and the mining and minerals index of the Montreal Exchange showing negative numbers during the latter part of the…
Alberta Stock Exchange Zahavy moves up (October 05, 1987)
A high grade gold discovery at Zahavy Mines’ wholly-owned Trout Lake property in northwestern Ontario made it the outstanding issue in an otherwise uneventful session. Trading on a volume of 66,700, i…
Report from Calgary Golden Rule et al discovery
What is the Saskatchewan formula to find a gold deposit? Find yourself a dog called Jasper and a talented prospector-partner named Richard Kuzmirski and put them in the La Ronge gold belt. The newest …
Busy Golden Rule to drill Dubuisson/Blindman bets
One of Alberta’s busiest exploration companies, Golden Rule Resources, has started drilling at two properties in Saskatchewan and Quebec. The Calgary-based company has over 33 exploration joint ventur…
QUERIES Maybrun Mines report, yet to be published
In the Feb 22/87 issue of The Northern Miner, you indicated that Consolidated Maybrun Mines may issue an annual report and start trading again. However, nearly six months later I still haven’t heard a…
Editorial Gold fever rages around the world
Gold fever, with the price of the yellow metal persisting at a relatively high level, is catching on these days pretty well all over the world. Just in the last few weeks, reports of a gold rush hav…
People (October 05, 1987)
Moneta Porcupine Mines — Dennis MacLeod has been appointed to the board of directors.
Revival of old gold mine studied by Chevron, B.Y.G.
Abruptly closed in 1969, the old Mount Nansen gold mine is now being looked at seriously by Chevron Canada and Vancouver-based B.Y.G Resources. From a distance it still looks like an operating mine an…
Renzy Mines Renzy/Agra seek financing for vanadium plant
Everything is beginning to fall into place for Renzy Mines of Toronto, Ont. Back in 1972, this little coats- listed company, devised a way to extract vanadium — a grey, ductile metal used to give add…
Exploration conference an international success
More than 900 people from 77 countries converged on Toronto this week to attend Exploration ’87. Also known as the Third Decennial International Conference on Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration f…