Altai allies with Normandy Mining
Toronto-based junior Altai Resources (ATI-T) is forming an alliance with Australian major Normandy Mining (NPL-ASX).Under the agreement, Normandy will be issued 805,000 units of Altai Resources, equiv…
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1996: A LOOK BACK — Inco, Barrick swallow juniors, line investors’ pockets
Huge mineral discoveries fueled a wave of mergers, takeovers and deals in the mining industry in 1996. The year’s biggest story was Inco’s (N-T) Aug.21 swallowing up of Diamond Fields Resources (DFR),…
1996: A LOOK BACK — 1996 a year metals traders would like to forget
Many a metal trader will have popped the cork on his New Year’s bubbly, confident that 1997 can hardly be worse than 1996. Precious metals nosedived, and the base metals went for a bumpy ride courtesy…
Russia owes pay to gold miners
The Russian government owes mining companies 1.5 trillion roubles for some of the gold they have shipped to the state in 1996.The industry sent about 100 tonnes of gold to refineries last year, report…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, Dec. 21-27
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METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (January 06, 1997)
London Metal ExchangeMidday bid-ask prices in $US per tonneDateDec. 27Dec. 24Dec. 23Dec. 20Alumin…
STOCK MARKETS — VSE juniors gain after holiday slump
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index was up slightly over a slow Christmas week to close at 1162.27, up 16.76 points from the previous week’s close of 1145.51. The resource index closed at 229…
Glimmer strikes deal
A private placement of just over a million shares will allow Glimmer Resources (GME-V) to meet cash calls for development work at the Glimmer project in Hislop Twp., east of Matheson, Ont.Glimmer and …
PRODUCER PRICES (January 06, 1997)
ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,523.50 per tonne, alloy $1,377.50 per tonne (Dec. 24/96).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,075 per tonne (Dec. 27/96).BISMUTH: Composite free market US$3.20 per lb….
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, Dec. 21-27
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1996: A LOOK BACK — More juniors join ranks of gold producers in 1996
Three junior mining companies opened gold mines in North America last year, and, while admittedly modest, the operations will set a substantial profit for their proprietors.In the Wawa area of norther…
Canatuan to have more productive life
An engineering and optimization study on the Canatuan massive sulphide deposit on the Philippine island of Mindanao has increased reserves and production rates for TVI Pacific (TVI-T).The study increa…