Intl Platinum continues search for PGM deposits
Nearly $2.5 million could be spent this year on the search for platinum group metals (PGMs) by Toronto-based junior International Platinum Corp. (TSE). The company has been conducting exploration for …
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Syngold amalgamates with Int’l Thunderwood
An amalgamation of International Thunderwood Explorations (TSE) and Syngold Explorations (TSE) has been completed. The new company is called Thunderwood Resources and will be listed on The Toronto Sto…
Industry embraces CEIP, companies seek grants
Industry’s initial skepticism about the federal government’s Canadian Exploration Incentive Program (CEIP) has faded and companies are now prepared to use the program effectively, Peter McLean, CEIP’s…
Seeking good management is crucial to investment success
From a speech by William Trebilcock at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada 1989 annual convention. I work for Van Eck Management, a money management firm specializing in mining investme…
Deep hole ups potential of Redstone nickel mine
The Redstone nickel mine southeast of this city, once believed to be a small, finite orebody now has the potential for mushrooming into something significantly larger. A deep drill hole completed by o…
Metall offering filed but size not available
Toronto-based Metall Mining (TSE) recently filed a preliminary prospectus for a public offering of subordinated convertible debentures. Metall said the debentures will be convertible into common share…
Giant Yellowknife has plans for Akaitcho
An agreement to provide for the exploration and possible development of the Akaitcho mine property at Yellowknife, N.W.T., has been entered into by Giant Yellowknife Mines (TSE) and Supercrest Mines. …
Four rigs drilling at Mt. Milligan
With four drill rigs still working to expand reserves, Continental Gold Corp. (VSE) has released additional assays for its 70%-owned Mt. Milligan gold-copper project near Prince George, B.C. BP Resour…
`Dirt-pile’ swindles under investigation
The U.S. Bureau of Mines is a well-known prospector of that nation’s mineral supplies. But recently, the bureau has been involved in protecting the American public from what has been dubbed the “Fool’…
Juniors shift attention to base metals as prices for precious
On the edge of the world’s largest anorthosite intrusion, 25 miles north of Lac St. Jean, Que., the rumble of diamond drill rigs echoes across the rolling terrain. Drill results from this summer’s wor…
Glencairn Explorations issues rights offering
A rights offering will be offered to shareholders of Glencairn Explorations (ASE) of Toronto. Under the terms of the offering shareholders may subscribe to one common share for each four common shares…
Editorial Hopes for China betray opur naivete
It is an appalling sight to see a state turn its guns on its children. When that same regime then embarks on a public manhunt to track down those children, the student dissidents who naively occupied …