GOLDFUNDS (October 22, 1990)
MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $10.01 $5.54 $0.28 Price $ 9.25 $5.125 $0.14 Discount 7.59% 7.5% 50.0% Value $59,611,946 $86,224,538 N/A…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Hanson would sell stake in Newmont
The controlling shareholder of Newmont Mining (NYSE) is negotiating to dispose of its 49% interest in the Denver-based mining company and buy into a lumber company. Hanson of London would sell most of…
White Plains unable to exercise option on wollastonite bet
White Plains Resources (VSE) has failed to exercise an option to purchase from Sikaman Gold Resources (TSE) a 75% interest in the Gilbert wollastonite property in Nevada. The option deadline was Oct. …
Minnova options Fireweed property
A work program by Minnova (TSE) is slated to begin shortly on the Fireweed property near Smithers, B.C. The company has the right to earn a 70% interest in the polymetallic (gold-silver-lead-zinc-copp…
Tax Angles The ins and outs of CNIL
The phone ring sounded urgent. I picked it up. It was Harry Speers. “Barry, do your guys know what they’re doing?” Now Harry is a bit of a joker but this sounded semi-serious. “Why do you ask, Harry?”…
LAC drilling on Norgold claims
A 10-hole exploration program is halfway complete on the Nevada Chance “East” claim block, some 60 miles north of Lovelock, Nev. The gold project is a joint venture between LAC Minerals (TSE) and Norg…
LAC expecting 75,000 oz from Bousquet No 2
LAC Minerals (TSE) says gold output from its new Bousquet No. 2 mine near the town of Malartic in northwestern Quebec will reach its planned target of 75,000 oz. this year. Situated less than a mile a…
Audrey examining Mobrun bet targets
Having discovered five massive sulphide lenses on its Mobrun mine property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Audrey Resources (TSE) has set out to look for additional deposits on the property. The company say…
Goldstrike grades exceed plans says American Barrick
Senior officials at American Barrick Resources (TSE) have moved quickly to quash a recent series of rumors about trouble at the company’s Goldstrike mine in Nevada. Robert Smith, president of American…
Pamour takeover delayed again
Acquisition of a controlling interest in the Pamour (TSE) group of companies, originally scheduled to close on Sept. 27, has been postponed once again. Royal Oak Resources (TSE), which stands to gain …
BMR joint ventures America Mine project
A wholly owned unit of NERCO (NYSE) recently entered into a joint venture agreement with BMR Gold (ASE) for ongoing development of BMR’s America Mine project. NERCO can earn a 60% interest in the prop…
Global copper smelting needs studied
New global copper smelting capacity, beyond those projects already announced, will be needed by 1993, says a research company from Pennsylvania. The closure of the Bougainville mine (180,000 tonnes pe…