People (October 12, 1987)
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines — Peter Mancini has been appointed senior mineral statistician in the mineral development and lands branch of the mines and minerals division.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Editorial Trade deal better than no deal at all
The mining industry in Canada has reason to feel happy about the eleventh-hour free trade agreement that has been hammered out between the U.S. and Canada. Generally speaking the industry, which expor…
Golden Range gets B.C. silver project
Golden Range Resources has optioned a 7,200-ac property near Revelstoke, B.C. The company can earn a 100% interest in the ground by spending $500,000 on exploration over a 5-year period and making cas…
Granges will operate Alpine project
Granges Exploration will take over as operator of the Alpine gold project of Cove Energy Corp., under a multi-faceted agreement between the two companies. The project is located near Nelson, B.C. Cove…
Belmoral names new chairman
A new chairman and chief executive officer has been named at Toronto-based Belmoral Mines. Kenneth Dalton, who was the company’s executive vice-president and chief financial officer, assumes the top p…
News in Brief (October 12, 1987)
Allure Resources Corp. has changed its name to Allure Industries Corp. on a share-for-share basis. There is no change of symbol.
Metal Prices FREE MARKET Spot Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium (October 12, 1987)
Oct. 6 Oct. 5 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 ** ** Gold London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. ** 458.00(456.85) 456.50(455.15) 454.35(455.00) 454.90(454.10) 459.50(459.15) ** Gold…
General News & Comment Quebec prospectors press for support of
The Quebec Prospectors Association has been successfully lobbying the “opposition” in the fight to save flow-through financing, President Regis Labeaume told The Northern Miner in a telephone intervie…
PRODUCER PRICES (October 12, 1987)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 83.50 cents -86.00 cents per lb. (Oct 1, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.12-$1.16 per lb. (Sept 3, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.75-$4.90 per lb. (Sept 17, 1987). CA…
Court upholds Hemlo decision
Ownership of the biggest gold mine in Canada has moved another — and possibly the final — step towards International Corona with the loss of Lac Minerals’ appeal against the initial judgment. Lac ma…
Metal Markets The role of metal traders
Information in metals publications, whose readers do not have at hand all of the factors governing the price of metal but might welcome such knowledge, can carry a bias, often unintended, because the …
Cost remarkably low at Emerald Lake mine
R. A. Bruce McDonald’s first gold discovery was in Quebec’s Casa Berardi area. But his first gold producer is the Golden Rose mine, located 60 miles northeast of here, Mr McDonald is the charismatic c…