TVX, High River go Dutch at Snow Lake
Toronto-listed TVX Gold is gaining a half interest in the Snow Lake gold project in western Manitoba. In return, it must transfer back to High River Gold Mines (TSE) 6 million common shares of that co…
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NEWS ROUNDUP — InterStar ships first manganese ore
InterStar Mining (CDN) has shipped its first 6,350-tonne batch of manganese ore from a mine in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The mine contains 15 million tonnes of proven and developed, high-grade ore, o…
NEWS ROUNDUP — MacDonald options Cuban concession
Two companies — MacDonald Mines Exploration (CDN) and the Cuban entity, Geominera S.A. — have joined forces to explore a property in east-central Cuba. The 2,000-sq.-km concession, in Camaguey provi…
Chile’s Buchi to address PDAC convention luncheon
A former candidate for the presidency of Chile, Hernan Buchi, will speak at a luncheon on March 7 in Toronto during the annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)…
N.A. Rare Metals to join Sunstate
North American Rare Metals (ME) is set to amalgamate with Sunstate Cablesystems. Prior to doing so, North American will create a wholly owned subsidiary into which it will transfer all its assets. All…
Mexico’s Acapulco to host 3-nation Expo-Festival
A 3-nation trade show and seminar will take place March 20-27 in Acapulco, Mexico. The International Free Trade Expo-Festival will focus on new opportunities for businesses in Mexico following the imp…
CORPORATE TRENDS — Regulators and the market
Like most idealistic initiates to the world of regulatory processes, I have a little dream. My dream is one of markets which are competitive and of securities which are sold honestly, so that investor…
O’Neill speaking at CIM
The Bank of Montreal’s Tim O’Neill will speak on “old industries in the new economy” when he addresses the Feb. 17 luncheon of the Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Pe…
Trading records set by TSE
The Toronto Stock Exchange recorded its most active day ever on Feb. 3 when 106.3 million shares worth $1.3 billion (not a record) were traded. The daily feat comes on the heels of monthly records set…
SEG amalgamation
Orimar Resources is amalgamating with SEG Exploration (ME). The new company will retain the name, SEG Exploration.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST — Eastern Stone reopens quarry
The Belmont Rose granite quarry has been reopened. The eastern Ontario quarry produces granite blocks for sale to North American monument manufacturers and construction companies. Belmont Rose Granite…
Ont. aggregate producers meet
The Aggregate Producers’ Association of Ontario will convene its 37th annual meeting Feb. 24-25 in Toronto. The theme of the meeting is: “Quality . . . there is no substitute.” The leader of Ontario’s…