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Chances are good that most of the Thompson committee’s proposals for a new securities policy for resource financing in Ontario will be approved, according to the general counsel for the Ontario Securi…

The Golden Bear project near Dease Lake, B.C., is proving to be one of the more exciting exploration plays in the province. North American Metals is conducting a major underground drilling program the…

It looks like Granduc Mines will be participating in at least the first stage of the 1987 work program on the Sulphurets property in northwestern B.C. Newhawk Gold Mines and Lacana Mining have already…

The Northern Miner has enjoyed a long-established reputation as a perceptive and informative publication, reporting activities within the Canadian mining industry. There is, however, an investigative …

Encouraging gold values have been received by Can America Precious Metals on a property held under option from Cochrane Oil & Gas. Located in the Manitou Lakes area in northwestern Ontario, the proper…

Lansdowne Oil and Minerals plans to merge with Beaver Creek Goldfields on a share-for-share basis following regulatory approval. Beaver Creek recently optioned two properties in Quebec. In Desjardins …

Newly listed Locator Exploration, headed by well-known geologists Edward Thompson, David Rogers and William Hill, is off and running with more than $400,000 in its treasury and drilling under way on o…

Thanks largely to its acquisition of Kidd Creek, revenues for Falconbridge Ltd. soared to $1.1 billion in 1986, compared to revenues of $890 million in the previous year. But while zinc and gold reach…

A proven, high grade magnesite ore deposit on and adjacent to the Deer Trail mine property in Stevens Cty., Wash., has been rediscovered, L. George Reynolds, chairman of Cortez International, has anno…

With the next federal budget only a week away and a much- guessed- about tax reform paper expected sometime in the spring, this is an opportune time to reaffirm our concern for the retention of flow-t…

Although the company reported a positive cash flow, Gibraltar Mines posted a net loss of $4.6 million or 40 cents per share in 1986, compared to a restated loss of $246,000 in 1985. A. J. Petrina, pr…

Drilling has started on the Estrades property in the Casa Berardi area by operator Teck Explorations and joint venture partners Golden Hope Resources and Golden Group Explorations. The drilling is aim…