Nor-Quest acquires mine/mill facility
Nor-Quest Resources reports it has acquired outright an established 1,200-ton-per-day mine, mill and land located near Salmo, B. C., on a 2,000-crown-grant mining property. The company says negotiatio…
Nor-Quest Resources reports it has acquired outright an established 1,200-ton-per-day mine, mill and land located near Salmo, B. C., on a 2,000-crown-grant mining property. The company says negotiatio…
One area of mine management which offers significant opportunity to improve productivity and reduce costs is the design of the mining process. Mine planners are normally responsible for this activity….
Western Canada’s platinum potential has largely been unrecognized. But with the metal now selling at a premium to gold, major companies are actively exploring for platinum once again. Placer Developme…
Events and achievements in minerals exploration in 1986 confirmed Papua New Guinea as one of the places to be for gold explorationists and producers alike. Precious metals exploration activity rose to…
Bighorn Development Corp. has acquired an option from Catear Resources and a private Calgary- based company to earn up to 60% interest of approximately 54,000 acres in the Sulphurets area of British C…
Although the company hadn’t made the announcement by presstime, D’Or V al Mines will almost certainly be starting production this year on its Beacon No.2 mine, just east of Val d’Or, Que. The mill is …
A number of 1986 mining flow- through share vehicles were structured so that the shares will be listed on a Canadian exchange and the actual shares delivered to the investors in January or February, 1…
A detailed exploration program is planned on the Theresa Gold Mine property, south of Longlac, Ont., by Duration Mines. The property consists of two mining leases: 18 mining claims totalling 850 acres…
A world-wide oversupply of thermal coal forced Byron Creek Collieries (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Esso Resources Canada) to significantly reduce the scale of its operations at the Coal Mountain mine…
In a bid to eliminate its long- term debt, Mineral Resources International is planning a rights offering to common shareholders. The offering is being designed to raise up to $12 million for MRI which…
Milwaukee-based Bucyrus-Erie has tested a prototype blasthole drill in a coal mine in the central U.S. Called the 49-R, the drill was designed for high performance, ease of operation and long life wit…
Results of a gold exploration program on Oasis Resources’ Souart Twp. property, in northwestern Quebec, are generating interest. A gold-bearing structure 3,000 ft long and more than 750 ft deep is ope…
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