SHORT POSITIONS
Semi-monthly reports as of Jan 31, 1995 showed 239,236,777 shares of 783 issues compared with 244,193,506 shares of 792 issues on Jan 15, 1995. Larger individual positions included: Aber 49,040, down …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Roxmark options Placer property
Junior Roxmark Mines (TSE) can acquire Placer Dome’s (TSE) Key Lake gold property in Ontario’s Lindsey Twp. Previously, in an area referred to as the East pit, Placer drilled two vertical holes, 250 m…
MSV record for copper output
In the fourth quarter, MSV Resources (TSE) established a new record for copper production. The Montreal-based company mined more than 129,000 tons of ore to yield 4 million lb. of the red metal from i…
Junior tests Quebec property
Exploration has begun on the Jeremie Twp. gold property in northern Quebec. The 195-claim property, owned by Canadian Golden Dragon Resources (VSE) and Cyprus Canada, is adjacent to, and west of, the …
Caledonia mining private placement nears completion
Toronto-listed Caledonia Mining reports a partial closing on the European portion of its private placement of unsecured convertible debentures. To date, $20.5 million of the planned $20.6-million plac…
GOLD FUNDS (February 20, 1995)
Gold Funds as of Feb. 6 BGR Central Net Value $16.02 $6.46 Price $12.75 $6.125 Discount 20.40% 5.2% Value $125,529,000 $110,858,213…
DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Parker Lake diamond discovery prods
An unusual and unexpected diamond find at the Parker Lake property, west of Hudson Bay in the Northwest Territories, sent a momentary shock wave through an otherwise sleepy diamond market. The Geologi…
New zones at La Ronde mine
Ongoing exploration by Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) is enhancing the resource potential of its La Ronde mine property near Cadillac, Que. La Ronde, which started up in 1988, is Agnico-Eagle’s main operati…
Freeport plans smelter-refinery
Financing is in place for construction of a copper smelter-refinery in Indonesia. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE), with a 20% interest, has new partners for the US$550-million smelter-refinery a…
Viceroy out of MK Gold deal
Toronto-listed Viceroy Resource will not proceed with the private purchase of 9 million common shares representing 46.4% of MK Gold (NASDAQ). The deal involved Morrison Knudsen (NYSE), MK Gold’s large…
Golden Star OKs share exchange
The shareholders of Golden Star Resources (TSE) have approved an exchange of shares. One old common share of the company will be exchanged for one new common share and one-fifth of one Class B common …
Future of B.C. exploration in question
A much discussed topic at the 12th Annual Cordilleran Geology and Exploration Roundup was the role played by junior companies and by the Vancouver Stock Exchange in the discovery and development proce…