Golden Regent, LBN cut gold in Slovakia
Drilling at the past-producing Lom gold-antimony project in Slovakia has confirmed mineralization for Golden Regent Resources (GRR-A) and its partner, LBN Syndicate of Australia.The first two core hol…
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PEOPLE — El-Misti
John Huguet appointed chairman, president and director; Nick DeMare appointed corporate secretary; Gregory Chorny, Al Jamal, John Maclean and Robin Slaughter appointed directors.
Atna’s court date with Boliden delayed
Atna Resources’ (ATN-T) court date with Boliden (BOL-T), originally scheduled for Sept. 24 and 25, has been postponed to Nov. 25 and 26.Earlier this summer, the British Columbia Supreme Court granted …
Drilling continues at Jericho project
The discovery hole into the recent kimberlite find at the Jericho project in the Northwest Territories pulled 92.5 metres of kimberlite from the land-based Contwoyto-1 target between a downhole depth …
Summo to develop Lisbon Valley copper
Denver-based Summo Minerals (SMA-T) has received approval to construct and develop the Lisbon Valley copper project in southeastern Utah.The go-ahead stems from a decision, by Deputy Chief Administrat…
METAL PRICES (October 12, 1998)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateOct. 6Oct. 5Oct. 2Oct. 1…
Companies (October 12, 1998)
Aber ResourcesAdmiral Bay ResourcesAlberta EnergyAnglo AmericanAscot ResourcesAshton Mining of CanadaAtapa MineralsAtna ResourcesBattle Mountain GoldBlack Hawk MiningBolidenBolivar GoldfieldsBreak…
Platexco revises terms of Winnaarshoek deal
With the South African Reserve Bank blocking the proposed acquisition by Platexco (PTX-T) of the Winnaarshoek and Buffelshoek platinum properties, the company is reverting to a modified version of an …
De Beers pulls diamonds from Victoria Island
Microdiamond analysis performed on four of the five kimberlites discovered earlier this summer at the Victoria Island project in the Far North has determined that three of bodies are diamondiferous.Mo…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES (October 05, 1998)
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MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — Producers up on gold’s strength
Early in the report period Sept. 23-29, the Dow Jones industrial average jumped over 200 points. Holding more-or-less steady for the rest of the week, the average closed at 8,080.52, up 183.32 points …
TSE SHORTS (October 05, 1998)
Short positions outstanding at September 18, 1998Larger individual positions include:Abitibi Consolidated2,079,307, up 94,475; Alcan Aluminium 1,045,099, down 73,536; Asia Pacific Resources 255,400; B…