Lassonde to depict Soviet sojourn
Pierre Lassonde will be the speaker at a luncheon hosted by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Nov. 21, at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel. With the aid of slides, he will talk abo…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Industrial minerals focus of conference (November 11, 1991)
If metals create the skeleton of an industrialized society, then non-metallic minerals form the flesh. Commonplace as they seem, industrial minerals enter practically every phase of life. They are the…
Metal prices pull price index down
Falling metal and mineral prices contributed to a decline in the commodity price index of Scotiabank in September of 0.7% from August. The all-items index is at its lowest level since May, 1987. Both …
Claude’s Seabee mine enters tune-up phase
Having brought its high-grade Seabee gold mine in Saskatchewan to the threshold of production, Claude Resources (TSE) expects to announce the first gold pour within the next couple of weeks. Only the …
Toronto Stock Exchange (November 11, 1991)
Happy shareholders of Fort Knox Gold (TSE) were reminded during the week ended Nov. 5 of some of the more spectacular stock price rallies of recent mining history. While intersections from Fort Knox’s…
Vancouver Stock Exchange (November 11, 1991)
The month of October returned the best trading performance of the Vancouver Stock Exchange in more than a year, with volume up 5% from September and 23% from the same period last year. The value of sh…
Fort Knox play reminiscent of market activity in the ’80s
It was just like the good old days — back in the mid-1980s — when a successful run on the junior mining market could finance a new Porsche or pay down part of the mortgage. Those who had seen their …
Unlisted Trading (November 11, 1991)
Trading almost 1.5 million shares during the week ended Nov. 5, Willingdon Resources says it has reached an agreement in principle to merge with Sandy K Mines, owner of a high-grade silver-cobalt prop…
INSIDER TRADING (November 11, 1991)
Claude Resources’ (TSE) controlling shareholder BEC International recently reduced its interest in the Saskatoon company at a significant discount to the recent market price. According to the Ontario …
Royal Oak, Falco cut copper, zinc
A $4-million exploration drive by Falconbridge on Royal Oak Mines’ (TSE) base metal property 20 miles west of Sudbury, Ont., has turned up encouraging mineralization almost two miles away from a known…
High grades from Gap zone
Ongoing drilling by Westmin Resources (TSE) is continuing to return high-grade results from the Gap zone discovery area on the Myra Falls mine property near Campbell River, B.C..T The latest hole, 15-…
Montreal Exchange (November 11, 1991)
Maintaining its trading momentum during the week ended Nov. 5 was Societe d’Exploration Miniere Vior, which announced plans to raise up to $500,000 through a private placement. The proceeds will be us…