NEWS IN BRIEF (September 10, 1990)
Denison Mines recently sold its 19.5% interest in Parlake Resources (TSE) in a private transaction. Denison declined to reveal the price it received for the 496,611 shares of the junior it sold.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
COATS (over-the-counter) Home Lake up 40 cents
On word that Home Lake Resources had staked 100 claims in the Eastmain River area of northern Quebec, shares of the junior company jumped 40 cents to close at $1.55 on a volume of 120,950 for the week…
Brunswick cleaning up smelter
Brunswick Mining and Smelting has started a cleanup program at its Belledune, N.B., smelter, according to Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News. Recommendations for the cleanup were made by an in…
U.S. REPORT First gold poured at Santa Fe’s Rabbit Creek
By 1992, the gold unit of Santa Fe Pacific (NYSE) expects to be producing more than 300,000 oz. gold annually from various mining operations in Nevada. About 200,000 oz. of this amount is targeted to …
Gold rally runs out of steam
The Persian Gulf crisis this summer had an immediate, positive effect on the world’s gold and oil markets, but of late the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait could be said to have added only to the trading vola…
High grade sampling at Treaty Creek
The first phase of exploration on the Treaty Creek Project, 80 km north- northwest of Stewart, B.C., has discovered a new zone of precious and base metal mineralization. Tantalus Resources (VSE) is ea…
U.S. REPORT Galactic revises Cornucopia deal
The proposed business combination between Galactic Resources (TSE) and Cornucopia Resources (TSE) has been revised. The new proposal would have Cornucopia shareholders exchange their shares for 0.55 s…
Brookbank lawsuit one of three facing Metalore
Shareholders of Metalore Resources (TSE) presented some difficult questions to President George Chilian at the company’s recent annual meeting in Toronto. They were looking for some straight answers a…
U.S. REPORT Westpride outlines skarn mineralization on Arizona
Recent drilling on the Middlemarch property owned by West Pride Industries (VSE) has intersected skarn mineralization which the company believes could extend for hundreds of feet on the Arizona proper…
PRODUCER PRICES (September 10, 1990)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US81.00- 83.00 cents per lb. (Aug. 30, 1990). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US82-83 cents per lb. (Jun. 14, 1990). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.95-3.00 per lb. (Aug. 30, 1990). C…
OBITUARY (September 10, 1990)
George Webber, longtime employee of the Hollinger gold mine in Timmins, Ont., died recently in Georgetown, Ont. He was 89. Born in London, England, he came to Canada in the early 1920s. Webber initial…
Tenajon reports SB drill results
Assay results were released by Tenajon Resources (VSE) from several holes previously reported to have intersected visible gold on the SB property, north of Stewart, B.C. The drilling was part of a rec…