The following letter has been sent to Finance Minister Michael Wilson at Ottawa. I would like to take this opportunity to convey to you some of the very strong feelings that many of our member municip…
While there will be no output from Agnico-Eagle Mines’ silver division here until its new $2.5-million mill is ready, which now looks like mid-year, there has been absolutely no letup in exploration o…
Readers may have noticed that some of the 1985 high-lows in the 1986-1985 price range tables published in last week’s edition of The Northern Miner were the same as for 1986. This was due to a techni…
Work is under way on rehabilitating the No 2 shaft at Stabell Resources’ Dubuisson Twp. gold property near Val d’Or, Que. The work, which is being done with Acquisitor Mines which has an option to ear…
A 15,000-ton vat heap leach test will be performed this summer at the Colomac property held under option by Neptune Resources. The property, located in the N.W.T., is held under option from Johnsby Mi…
In the past six months Standard Gold Mines has erected a headframe and hoist along with ancillary services required to facilitate exploration to the 2,500-ft level on its Duverny gold prospect near Am…
A year ago SNC Inc., the large Montreal-based engineering firm, was high on its 17.8% interest in Aunore Resources and its role as operator on the old Peel-Elder gold mine near Rouyn in northwestern Q…
Mineral exploration is generally a slow and tedious process and few mines are discovered on one drill hole. So being in the right place is important whether you are talking about geology or nearness t…
The Canadian Over-the-Counter Automated Trading System (COATS), is getting an assist in the form of a new directory. Now available, the new COATS directory is described by its publishers, COATS Direct…
Acadia Mineral Ventures says it has completed a private placement of flow-through shares, to raise a total of $400,000, at a price of $1.95 per share. President Donald Smith says the funds raised will…
A program of geophysics, overburden drilling and 3,700 ft of diamond drilling is slated this year for Achates Resources’ 97-claim gold bet in Brongniart Twp. in the Chibougamau area of Quebec. Here Ac…
“A feeding frenzy” is about the only way to describe it, William F. White, senior vice-president of corporate finance at Merrill Lynch Canada says of the public’s rush for the new issue of flow-throug…
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