Stronger zinc price lifts Pine Point net
Improved zinc prices and income from the Polaris mine in the Northwest Territories boosted net earnings for Pine Point Mines (TSE) to $43.9 million during the first nine months of 1988 from $21.4 mill…
1988
Soocana completes exploration at Wawa
A follow-up exploration program is being planned by Soocana Explorations (COATS) for the company’s Blacksmith and Murray Algoma gold properties located 11 miles northeast of Wawa, Ont. The work return…
Bull market for copper, no sign of slowing
The bull market in copper doesn’t seem to want to go away. The base metal, which was selling above $1.40(US) per lb at the end of 1987 and has been selling in the $1 range for a good part of this year…
Third-quarter output drops for Hemlo Gold
A lower gold output and higher operating cost were reported by Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) for the third quarter of 1988 compared with the same period last year. Hemlo Gold, controlled by Noranda Inc. (TSE…
Euro-Nevada obtains Castle Mtn. royalty
Toronto-based Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) has reached an agreement to buy a 4% net smelter return royalty interest in 540 acres of land on Viceroy Resources’ (TSE) Castle Mountain gold property. Located …
Sutton drilling at Creede silver property
A deep drilling program is under way on Sutton Resources’ (VSE) Creede silver property located in Colorado. The program consists of two holes, both about 2,000 ft in length, and is designed to test th…
Mining research network would cost $50 million
The nation’s nine mining degree granting universities are planning to establish an elaborate, coast-to-coast research network which would cost about $50 million over four years. They recently presente…
Chile gold boom attracts Canadian firms
Favorable foreign investment laws combined with attractive gold potential have convinced some Canadian mining firms that risk taking in the mountains of Chile is bound to pay off. Currently the third …
Cominco/Redfern drill program reveals massive sulphide lens
Exploration work at the old Tulsequah Chief mine in northwestern British Columbia has outlined massive sulphide mineralization in a brand new zone called the G lens. The property is being explored by …
Hidden Lake Gold acquires large property in N.W.T.
An option to earn a 51% interest in the 40,000-acre Camsell Lake property located 115 miles northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T., has been obtained by Hidden Lake Gold Mines (VSE) from a private claim own…
Steel demand gaining in strength
Consumption of crude steel in the non-Communist world is expected to rise by 6% this year over 1987 levels, to 478 million tonnes, delegates to the 22nd annual conference of the International Iron and…
Ore Reserve Increase at Gabanintha Mine (October 24, 1988)
A reassessment of the ore reserves at the Gabanintha mine by Dominion Gold Mines of Australia has increased the reserves now drilled out in the current mining area to over 2.2 million tons at an in-si…