TSE SHORT POSITIONS (October 28, 1996)
Short positions outstanding at October 15, 1996Larger individual positions included: Barrick Gold 9,357,266, down 721,481; Agnico-Eagle Mines 627,043, down 67,435; AJ Perron Gold 318,400, up 127,500; …
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PRODUCER PRICES (October 28, 1996)
ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,323 per tonne (Oct. 22, 1996), alloy US$1,220 per tonne (Oct. 17, 1996).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,100 per tonne (Oct. 22, 1996).BISMUTH: Composite free mark…
More juniors crowd Lac Volant
A large number of junior companies, most of them Quebec-based, have tied up ground in the Lac Volant area, which was recently reopened by the Quebec government for staking.The area was withdrawn from …
ProAm explores target near Winnipeg
Junior ProAm Explorations (PMX-V) will test a large, aeromagnetic anomaly near Winnipeg, Man., for platinum, palladium, nickel and copper.ProAm describes the 24-by-11-km aeromagnetic signature as “typ…
Drilling opens up Las Brisas
Stepout drilling by Gold Reserve (GLR-T) in the Kilometre 88 region of Venezuela continues to encounter gold mineralization. As a result, the company is opening up for future exploration an area west …
Ecuadorian firms up Gaby and Cerro Pelado deposits
Ecuadorian Minerals (EMC-T) has completed a 47-hole program of infill drilling on the Gaby gold property in Ecuador.The 11,717-metre program, part of a prefeasibility study, tested a large gold geoche…
Auspex steps up work in Portugal
Auspex Minerals (APJ-V) has begun drill-testing the Sao Martinho portion of its Portalegre gold property in east-central Portugal.The initial target of the 70-metre program is the trenched zone that r…
Ashanti signs Shamrock deal
Shareholders of Australian-based Golden Shamrock Mines (GSX-T) have approved its acquisition by Ghana-based Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N).Approval from the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia was expe…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES (October 21, 1996)
ExchgVol(000s)CloseBRE-X MnrlsT1407122.95Black Swan GdT…
TSE INDICES (October 21, 1996)
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Junior companies join up in Cuba
Juniors MacDonald Mines Exploration (MMP.A-A) and Golden Hill Mining (GHMC-C) are merging their respective interests in the Golden Hill epithermal gold property in east-central Cuba.In return for Gold…
Values keep Black Swan hopeful
Drilling by Black Swan Gold Mines (BSW-T) at its Cata Preta gold prospect in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, continues to return encouraging values.Trending in a northeast-to-southwestly direction over a…