TVI cuts more sulphides at Rapu Rapu
Earlier exploration efforts are beginning to pan out for TVI Pacific (TSE) at the Rapu Rapu property in the Philippines.Recent drilling has intersected possible extensions of the Ungay-Malabago copper…
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Golden Queen re-affirms faith in Soledad Mountain
Junior Golden Queen Mining (TSE) has taken its Soledad Mountain project off the selling block and intends to develop the project as expeditiously as possible.The open-pit, heap-leach project, situated…
ODDS’N’SODS — Zen and the art of bushpiloting
Late one autumn, while flying a missionary seaplane southward along the coastal mountains of British Columbia, I saw something that bush pilots rarely see.I overtook two hummingbirds, apparently flyin…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Mining in the new South Africa
Mining is a cornerstone of the economy of South Africa, so it is not surprising that diverse interest groups within the democratically governed country are debating the formulation of a national minin…
GOLD FUNDS (November 20, 1995)
Gold Funds as of November 9, 1995BGRCentralNet Value$17.15$6.62Price$13.75$6.375Discount19.81%3.7%Value$134,065,000$115,383,038…
Misty Mountain , Romulus merge
Ownership of the Harmony gold project in British Columbia is now consolidated into Misty Mountain Gold (TSE), following its merger with Romulus Resources.Misty Mountain rolled back its shares on a 1-f…
Work continues at Parker Lake
Toronto-listed partners Cumberland Resources, Comaplex Minerals and Manson Creek Resources report that additional sampling has returned encouraging values on three prospects found on their Parker Lake…
PRODUCER PRICES (November 20, 1995)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US77.25 cents-78.25 cents per lb. (Nov. 3, 1995).ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.30-2.50 per lb. (July 14, 1995).BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$4.00-4.20 per lb. (Oct. 13, 1…
Sunshine Mining moves to prop up its common stock
Silver producer Sunshine Mining & Refining (NYSE) plans to do away with its preferred stock and merge with a subsidiary in an effort to bolster the stock price.The company reached an agreement with th…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED (November 20, 1995)
Sherritt T173569$20 1/81819 7/8+1 7/8Inco Ltd T113437$47 5/845 5/847+3/8Barrick Gold T112343$35 1/833 1/233 1/2-3/8Placer Dome T101288$33 1/231 5/831 3/4-3/4Kinross Gld T…
Inmet triples its net earnings
Four factors — higher metal prices; increased production at Norddeutsche Affinerie; the acquisition of the WBH tungsten powder operation; and the initiation of operations at two base metal mines — h…
LABRADOR NEWS ROUNDUP — Columbia Yukon mobilizes rig
With a drill permit now in hand, Columbia Yukon Resources (ASE) has mobilized a drill rig to its ML 1506 ground in the Alliger Lake area north of Voisey Bay, Labrador.The company plans to test several…