FINANCING (May 04, 1992)
Ventex Resources Corp – 1,500,000 shs offered @ 10 cents per sh.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Asarco forms new divisions
Two operations consolidations were announced recently by Asarco (NYSE). The large copper producer has merged its Amarillo copper refinery and El Paso copper smelter, both in Texas, to form its Southwe…
Spot prices at a glance (May 04, 1992)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $334.75 – $3.55 Silver* $ 3.94 – $0.05 Platinum* $340.75 – $0.85 Nickel** $ 3.38 – $0.01 Lead** $ 0.24 $0.00 Copper $ 1.00 $0.00 Zinc $ 0.62 + $0.02 Courtesy of Scotiaba…
METAL PRICES (May 04, 1992)
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Apr 28 Apr 27 Apr 24 Apr 23 Apr 22 Copper 1236-1237 1241-1242 1245-1246 1248-1249 12…
PRODUCER PRICES (May 04, 1992)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US62-62.75 cents per lb. (Apr. 15, 1992). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US78-82 cents per lb. (Mar. 26, 1992). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.50-2.70 per lb. (Mar. 26, 1992). CADMI…
CUPCAKE HAULAGE: The 12-tonne-capacity concentrate “cupcakes”
When Curragh Resources first considered taking over the Faro operation, concentrate transportation to the Alaskan seaport at Skagway was a key, make-or-break factor. The previous mine owners had relie…
CURRAGH EMERGES FROM RECESSIONARY STORM
Curragh Resources had planned on, and insulated itself against, a recession that would last no longer than nine months. Long-term debt was converted so that principal payments would only begin in 1996…
CURRAGH HITS YUKON PAYDIRT A SECOND TIME; Now well into
Curragh Resources’ second Yukon operation, Sa Dena Hes, is approximately 45 km north of Watson Lake or about an hour by air south from Faro. (Sa Dena Hes is a joint venture between Curragh, 80%, and H…
FIVE OREBODIES AND COUNTING
The Anvil lead/zinc/silver district is 200 km northeast of Whitehorse, Yukon. Five known stratiform sedimentary exhalative deposits occur in a well-defined trend within a narrow Cambrian stratigraphic…
RE-GREENING THE ANVIL RANGE
Curragh Resources’ environmental people have shepherded approvals through the regulatory process several times now — for the Vangorda and Grum deposits two years ago, for Westray in Nova Scotia and f…
WESTRAY’S LOW-SULHUR COAL
Curragh Resources’ Westray coal mine was officially opened Sept. 11, 1991. With hard-to-beat logistics and equipped as a brand new operation, Westray should be Nova Scotia’s most productive coal mine….
NATIVE DEVELOPMENT
When Sa Dena Hes was launched with official fanfare last fall, a special ceremony, rare and probably unique in the annals of Canadian mining, caught the spotlight. The Kaska Dena nation bestowed on Cu…