The creatures appear around the top of any market cycle: they’re the scam artists who take advantage of market enthusiasm, novices who haven’t seen it all and experienced market players with memory la…
Vancouver-based Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has added a base-metal prospect in Alaska and a gold property in Ontario to its North American land package.In southwestern Alaska, the company has negotiated …
Twenty-three years ago, on New Year’s Eve, 1974, it finally became legal for Americans to buy gold.Ironically, just a few days earlier, on Christmas Day, all three gifts presented by the Magi to the n…
Metal prices in 1997 were satisfactory until the summer, when oversupply and a sagging Asian economy began to drive down the price of most precious and base metals.* Gold rang in 1997 at a spot price …
Jan. 5, September ResourcesJan. 5, QuattroJan. 5, WestmountJan. 6, Abx ResourcesJan. 6, Hera ResourcesJan. 7, Canadian MountainJan. 7, Golden TigerJan. 7, Oro BravoJan. 7, StarcoreJan. 8, FjorlandJan….
A few years ago, there was a story on the television program “Unsolved Mysteries” about Dan Willans, an Ontario prospector who died. He left some money behind, but had no known heirs or relatives. The…
ExchgValue(000’s)HighLowCloseChangeBarrick GoldT1…
ExchgVolume(000’s)CloseBarrick GoldT673827.85Placer DomeT…
Gold Funds as of Monday, December 29, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$293.90+ $3.45Silver*…
the broad marketAs a wheezy Toronto Stock Exchange staggers to its 1997 finish line, the gold issues are showing signs of life, propelled by a modest recovery in the price of the yellow metal.That mut…
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Dec.24/97 (change from Dec. 19 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)Change…
Metals exploration activity in Canada continued apace in 1997, and mineral hunters were just likely to be searching for base metals as for gold.Ontario’s Timmins camp drew explorers like bees to honey…
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