1990


Seabright stakes new claims while Touquoy hopes fade

The Cape Breton Highlands is the site of a staking and optioning rush by Toronto’s Seabright Explorations (TSE). Seabright has staked claims in both the Antigonish and Cobequid Highlands, N.S., and ha…


Ego drill results

A recent hole drilled to test the easterly plunge of a small zinc deposit on Ego Resources’ (TSE) property near Great Slave Lake, N.W.T., has yielded 56 ft. grading 9.3% zinc, 0.22% copper and 1.28% l…



Acabit on ME

Newly listed on the Montreal Exchange is Exploration Acabit (symbol ACX), a Val d’Or, Que. -based company formed in late 1989 by the union of Exploration Vent d’Or and private firm Ressources Claverny…


COATS (over-the-counter) Fontana spurs activity

Encouraging results were reported from one drill hole on the Fontana project near Val D’Or, Que., including a 45-ft. intersection grading 0.48 oz. per ton. Recently, another hole was completed with si…


Delegates enjoy PDAC convention events

An expected shakeout in the exploration business appeared to have little effect on the level of interest in this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Convention in Toronto. More tha…


Noranda, Akiko proceed at Springpole property

Although three recently completed holes on the Springpole gold project, 70 miles east of Red Lake, Ont., failed to return any significant results for 50/50 partners Noranda (TSE) and Akiko-Lori Gold (…


Acadia wins Hecla’s Canadian interests

Having recently elected a new board of directors, Acadia Mineral Ventures (TSE) is entering into an agreement in principle with Hecla Mining (NYSE) whereby Hecla will transfer all of its interest in c…


Milestone Res. claims Birch Lake ground

Claim staking and optioning around Birch Lake, Ont., have allowed Milestone Resource (COATS) to increase significantly its ground position in the area. The company has optioned 46 claims from Falconbr…


Minority shareholders fear misappropriation

A group of seven shareholders representing 21.7% or about 1.3 million shares of Seven Mile High Group (VSE) have obtained a court order calling for an inspection of the company’s books. The order was …


Ungava acquires iron ore deposit

Optimistic about the future of the iron ore market, Ungava Iron Ores, a newly formed private company, has acquired a significant iron ore deposit at Hopes Advance Bay in northern Quebec. The Ungava de…


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