NORTHGATE &lt;NGX> QUEBEC ORE RESERVES DECLINE

  Northgate Exploration Ltd said year-end
  1986 ore reserves at its two Chibougamau mines in Quebec fell
  to 8,141,150 short tons grading 0.077 ounce gold a ton and 1.63
  pct copper from year-earlier 8,462,000 tons grading 0.077 ounce
  gold ton and 1.67 pct copper.
      The company said it launched a 700,000 dlr exploration
  program at the mines to increase production and ensure the
  operations' continued long life.
      Ore production totaled 650,653 tons last year, it said,
  estimating year-end reserves contained about 627,000 ounces of
  gold and 265 mln pounds of copper.
  

