Rea completes adit at Adams Lake bet
A $2-million program is nearing completion at Rea Gold’s Discovery zone property 60 miles northeast of Kamloops, B.C. The company completed a 1,033- ft adit to access reserves in the L98 lens, calcula…
1988
Cove falls short as Echo turns in results
A 50% increase in ounces poured over the last 12-month period and a 20% hike in the price of the yellow metal reflects well on the bottom-line results of Echo Bay Mines, released this week. But result…
Agassiz going underground at Lingman set to go underground
Geologists will soon be going underground again on the Lingman Lake gold deposit in northwestern Ontario. It has been about 40 years since someone has been underground there. But a Ned Goodman company…
Teething problems over at Mascot mine
It’s fair to say that Mascot Gold Mines’ Nickel Plate project near Hedley, B.C., has endured its share of teething problems. But for most new mines that’s all part of growing up — the school of “hard…
Placer pursues Laonil Lake property
Having completed a $1-million exploration program to earn 60% of Currie Rose Resources’ Laonil Lake gold property in northern Saskatchewan, Placer Dome is planning another sizeable drill program start…
Goldenbell progressing with Pine Tree project
With $28 million(US) in its treasury and access to a $35-million bullion facility, Goldenbell Re sources says it is adequately financed to bring the Pine Tree gold project in Mariposa Cty., Calif., in…
Teck mill to Highland Valley
The long dormant Highmont mill of Teck Corp. will be incorporated into the Highland Valley Copper partnership which until now only included Cominco Ltd. and Lornex Mining. Cominco and Lornex put their…
Letters to the Editor Negative column?
Enclosed are copies of a couple of mvp Capital Corp.’s weekly market bulletins by Ian McAvity. Their tables reflect significant market facts for gold investors. These I never would have suspected had …
Montreal Exchange: Prices in decline (February 08, 1988)
A falling gold price meant nothing but bad news for resource companies this week, with the mining and minerals index experiencing four consecutive days of decline, including an almost 46-pt drop one d…
Kam-Kotia selling Davis-Keays shares
Control of a company with an undeveloped copper property in northern British Columbia is being sold by Kam-Kotia Mines of Toronto to a numbered company in Vancouver. President of the numbered company …
COATS Trading Features (February 08, 1988)
A takeover offer for all the shares of Newfield Mines has been made by Toronto-listed Jonpol Explorations. Jonpol is offering one common share for each Newfield share. Jonpol ended the day at $1.90 wh…
Placer Dome continues working Talisman bet
Placer Dome, which has acquired a large property in the Swayze area of northeastern Ontario previously held by Algoma-Talisman Minerals, plans to complete 9,200 ft of drilling this year in 19 holes. D…