Toronto Stock Exchange Indices (March 05, 1990)
Feb. 27 Feb. 26 Feb. 23 Feb. 22 Feb. 21 HIGH LOW Composite “300” 3660.28 3649.49 3652.59 3668.62 3672.46 4009.47 3649.49 Metals & Minerals 2946.90 2947.75 2921.03 2936.26 2959.23 3453.05 2921.03 Integ…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
FUTURES PRICES (March 05, 1990)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in UScents per lb.) Mar113.75 111.50 111.90 1.10 Apr110.50 108.80 108.90 1.35 May107.40 105.80 106.75 SILVER (in UScents per oz.) Mar5…
Franco-Nevada to issue half a million warrants
Toronto-based Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) says it has agreed to issue 500,000 special warrants at $20.75 each. First Marathon Securities and Gordon Capital Corp. have agreed to purchase the special war…
Metal Prices (March 05, 1990)
FREE MARKET London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Feb. 27 Feb. 26 Feb. 23 Feb. 22 Feb. 21 Copper 1442-1443 1441-1442 1430-…
Spot prices at a glance (March 05, 1990)
Week’s/qc/ Price (US) Change/tf/01 Gold*/tf/01 $409.10 $11.50 Silver*/tf/01 $ 5.12 $ 0.22 Platinum*/tf/01 $511.50 $19.65 Nickel**/tf/01 $ 3.42 + $ 0.14 Lead**/tf/01 $ 0.39 + $ 0.01 Copper $ 1.11 + $ 0…
Deep drilling for Tache zinc-gold bet
After completing a 5,200-ft. drillling program on the Tache zinc- gold prospect near Chibougamau, Que., Bitech (ASE) says further deep drilling is warranted to test the property below the 600-ft. hori…
People (March 05, 1990)
INTERNATIONAL COPPER ASSOCIATION — Dr. Nathan Church appointed technical director, metallurgy, succeeding Dr. Dale Peters who has jointed the Copper Development Association.
Metal prices rebound after sharp decline
A 4.9% slide in the metals and minerals sub-index contributed to a small drop in Scotiabank’s January all-commodity price index. The all- items index, off by 1.6% from December, is down by 13% from Ja…
TAC askks for papers
The Tunnelling Association of Canada (TAC) will hold its 8th annual general meeting Nov. 1-2. Submit abstracts of papers, in English or French, on technical advances in designing and constructing unde…
MAGNETOMETERS
Airborne, ground and borehole magnetometer surveys are not what they used to be. A revolution of sorts came in the early 1980s. “Smart” microprocessor-based magnetometers made it possible to store, re…
BURIED TREASURES; Time-domain electromagnetic methods led to some
Explorationists made several so-called “blind” discoveries in the 1980s. At depths of 230 to 1,300 metres, these deposits are hidden well beyond the range of conventional air-borne and ground geophysi…
NOVA SCOTIA GOLD
Within the mining industry, there are varying opinions on the potential for an economic gold deposit in Nova Scotia. For this reason, we will attempt to give some insights on the past as well as curre…