Aur buying majority stake in Canada Tungsten
With a view to expanding its mining portfolio, junior gold producer Aur Resources has arranged to buy 48.3% (or 14.4 million shares) of Canada Tungsten (TSE) from Cyprus Amax Minerals (NYSE). Cyprus e…
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NEWS ROUNDUP — Firesteel drills ZO
Drilling is under way on the ZO property in northwestern British Columbia. Owner Firesteel Resources (VSE) plans to drill 10 holes to test a shear zone measuring at least 360 metres long and up to 15 …
PEOPLE — NORCAN (August 01, 1994)
Michael Zuber appointed president and director; William Pettigrew, Chet Idziszek, Basil Pantages, Arthur Luney, Dustin Elford and Arnold Wolfe appointed directors.
PEOPLE — TOPAZ (August 01, 1994)
Donald Foran and S. Gilmour appointed directors.
Spot prices at a glance (August 01, 1994)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $387.00 + $0.60 Silver* $ 5.32 $0.00 Platinum* $423.00 + $9.15 Nickel** $ 2.77 – $0.12 Lead** $ 0.26 – $0.01 Copper $ 1.09 – $0.07 Zinc $ 0.43 – $0.02 Courtesy of Scotia…
METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (August 01, 1994)
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date July 26 July 25 July 22 June 21 July 20 Copper 2479-2480 2520-2522 2506.5-2507.5 2531-2532 2533-2534 Lead 576.5-577.5 583-584 575.5-576….
Int’l Gold sells U.S. properties
To focus exploration efforts outside of North America, International Gold Resources (TSE) is selling its two advanced projects in Idaho. At the Humbug property, a “geological resource” of 27 million t…
Positive study at Exall’s Santo Tomas
A new copper mine may be in the works for Exall Resources (TSE), following completion of a positive prefeasibility study on the Santo Tomas project in Mexico’s Sinaloa state. The study — carried out …
Gibraltar advancing Mt. Polley deposit
Copper producer Gibraltar Mines (TSE) is continuing to evaluate the Mount Polley copper-gold deposit near Williams Lake, B.C., under a joint-venture agreement with owner Imperial Metals (TSE). The goa…
Thunderwood, partner explore near Raglan
TSE-listed Thunderwood Resources and CDN-listed First Canadian Gold have begun a $250,000 program of ground magnetics and drilling on the Lac Long nickel-copper property in northern Quebec. Lac Long c…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Construction begins at Andacollo
Construction of the Andacollo gold project is under way in central Chile, reports owner Dayton Mining (TSE). The open-pit operation, being built by Bechtel Corp. on a fixed-cost basis, is expected to …
EDITORIAL PAGE — Selling off our future
The official line from Ottawa has it that the Department of Finance is continuing its shameful gold selloff — another 276,000 oz. were sold in June — because “they (gold bullion) don’t make returns …