Hecla buys La Camorra from Monarch
Hecla Mining (HL-N) has signed a letter-of-agreement to pay US$15 million in cash and US$13 million in shares for the La Camorra gold mine in southeastern Venezuela and all remaining assets held by Mo…
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GREATEST VALUE TRADED, Mar. 31-Apr. 6
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COAL, URANIUM & OIL SANDS — Boliden to restart Los Frailes
Having obtained the necessary permits, the Spanish subsidiary of Boliden (BOL-T) is gearing up to resume mining operations at the Los Frailes zinc mine near Seville, Spain.Operations were suspended al…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — EASTERN MARKETS — Royal Oak approaches day of reckoning
The precious and base metals markets were relatively quiet during the holiday-shortened March 31-April 6 report period, with the biggest change seen in gold prices, which rose 45 cents to US$280.25 pe…
PRODUCER & DEALER PRICES (April 12, 1999)
Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,290 per tonne (April 6/99).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.25 per lb. (April 6/99).Cadmium: Representative mid-market US$0.23 per lb. (April 6/99).Chro…
GOLD FUNDS (April 12, 1999)
Gold Funds as of April 1, 1999BGRCentralNet Value$13.445.70Price$9.30$5.8…
Crown Jewel work held up on technicality
In an surprise move, the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture have rejected a plan of operations for the Crown Jewel gold project in northeastern Washington state.In rejec…
Medinah drilling hits in Chile
Drilling at the Alto de Lipangue gold-copper project in central Chile is returning long intervals of significant mineralization for Medinah Energy (MDIN-O).The 5,000-ha prospect, situated in the coast…
Energold’s Longyear concession takes shape
Drilling has enabled Energold Mining (EGD-V) to trace mineralization over a vertical interval of about 100 metres at its Longyear gold property in the Dominican Republic.The Vancouver-based junior rec…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — No substitute for cyanide
Cyanide is the main chemical used by the precious metal mining industry, and the industry could not exist without it. No other chemical available can separate gold or silver (in a process called leach…
OBITUARY — William Alan Moore
William Alan Moore, a past president of the Mining Association of Manitoba, has died. He was 81.Born in Toronto in 1917, Moore graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in mining engineer…
Parkland grows under government plan
A program that will establish 380 new parks and protected areas in Ontario was unveiled in late March by the provincial government.The program, dubbed Living Legacy, was the outgrowth of the province’…