Outokumpu Mines buys 40% stake in Namew Lake
A 40% interest in Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting’s high-grade Namew Lake nickel deposit has been purchased for $5.2 million by Outokumpu Mines. Located in Manitoba, the Namew Lake deposit hosts reserv…
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Taywin plans more work on its Electrum property
More work is planned this year on Taywin Resources’ Electrum property on Vancouver Island. According to J. Donald Graham, president, the program will include metallurgical testing of ore grade drill …
Editorial Inco does it again
What is possibly the world’s first all-electric operation for a hardrock mine, Inco Ltd.’s Crean Hill nickel-copper mine at Sudbury, Ont., has shipped its first train load of ore to mark the beginning…
Analysts not ecstatic on Dome/Placer merger
The merger of Placer Development, Dome Mines, and Campbell Red Lake Mines, has generated mixed reviews from Canadian mining analysts. Few are outright ecstatic about the plan but they tend to agree th…
Busy year for Tandem Resources
“Dramatic and positive changes in the company’s affairs have taken place during the past year and it is expected that this trend will continue this year with the company heavily involved in a number o…
Pencrude to earn interest in claims held by Interquest
A letter of intent under which Pencrude Resources will be able to earn a 50% working interest in 257 claims held by Interquest Resources in the Moss Twp.-Powell Lake area of northern Ontario has been …
Power option with Van Horne
A deal has been signed between associated companies Power Explorations and Van Horne Gold Exploration. Power has the right to earn a 50% interest in Van Horne’s gold property five miles south of Dryde…
Better to explore Fording holdings
An agreement has been reached between Better Resources and Fording Coal which will allow the former to explore Fording’s uncommitted base metal mineral holdings in the Mt. Washington area on Vancouver…
Mark converts preferred shares
Toronto-listed Mark Resources says its 303,263 series A preferred shares have been converted into common shares on the basis of two- thirds of one common share for each Series A preferred share. No fr…
Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (May 18, 1987)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 66.50 cents -69.00 cents per lb. (May 7, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.17-$1.22 per lb. (May 7, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $2.90-$3.00 per lb. (Apr 30, 1987). CADMI…
Research grants
Some 89 studies in geology and geophysics will be supported under research grants totalling $1.39 million in 1987-1988, from the federal Department of Energy Mines and Resources. The department’s rese…
News in Brief (May 18, 1987)
For the three months ended March 31, SherrGold Inc. posted a net loss of $2.9 million or 28 cents per share, up from a net loss of $440,000 or 4 cents per share posted in the first quarter of 1986.