Drilling completed at Prairie Creek
This year’s drill program at the Prairie Creek project west of Yellowknife, N.W.T., added 1.25 km to the strike length of the zone 3 vein, extending the deposit northward to 2.1 km.San Andreas Resourc…
1995
The dark days may be over for Russian copper industry
Plagued, in recent years, by a lack of investment caused by political upheaval, the Russian copper industry now appears to be recovering.A report co-authored by the Metal Bulletin Research (MBR) and R…
DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Mountain , Glenmore OK sampling
A mini-bulk sampling program is proposed for the 5034 kimberlite at the AK property, 150 km south of Lac de Gras, N.W.T.The property is held 50% by Mountain Province Mining (VSE), 40% by Glenmore High…
CORRECTION (October 30, 1995)
Our Oct. 9 issue included an error regarding a Mantiba property deal for Mid-North Resources. Privately-owned Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting was incorrectly identified as being one of the vendors in the…
Toscana Res. plans to drill in Guyana
A private placement of 700,000 units at 25 cents each will enable Toscana Resources (VSE) to finance drilling of its 80%-owned Monosse property in Guyana.The company will carry out a 50-hole program o…
BHP, Francisco net opper at Coahuila
Initial drilling on the Coahuila project in northeastern Mexico is returning copper-silver values for Francisco Gold (VSE) and BHP Minerals.Copper-silver mineralization at Coahuila is stratiform and s…
More high-grade results reported at Siwash
Deep drilling at the Siwash gold mine property in southern British Columbia has returned multi-ounce values for Fairfield Minerals (TSE).The program included five holes that tested an area where earli…
Drilling at Third Portage zone should boost gold resources
Drilling has wound down on the Third Portage zone of the Meadowbank property in the eastern Northwest Territories. The property is shared by Cumberland Resources (TSE) and Comaplex Minerals (TSE), whi…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Is this supposed to depict mining?
In the October 16th issue of The Northern Miner, a cartoon appeared on the editorial page, which prompts the question: Is this supposed to depict mining?The Northern Miner, of all publishing houses, s…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED (October 30, 1995)
BRE-X Mnrl A161891$593043+13 3/4Placer Dome T148734$31 5/83030 7/8-3/8Inco Ltd T121693$45 1/840 3/442 7/8-2 1/4Barrick Gold T113729$33 5/831 7/832 3/4-1/4Potash Corp T7596…
STOCK MARKETS — Rise of Bre-X stock bodes well for Indonesian project
Referendum jitters made for an unsettled week for western markets over the report period ended Oct. 24.The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index lost 29.95 points to close at 775.80, while the reso…
STOCK MARKETS — Separatist fears pummel volatile market
The Toronto Stock Exchange was lower this week on fears that the upcoming Quebec referendum might back the separatist cause. The TSE 300 fell a total of 163.41 points in the five trading days ended Oc…