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LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Cuts to ministry offices will hurt Ontario’s prospectors
As a prospector, I wish to express my opinion in regard to recent actions of the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.The Ministry has made it abundantly clear that it is unaware of the …
BOOK REVIEW — New book explores history of Elliot Lake
.BReviewed by Stuart McDougallThe Power and the Promise: The Elliot Lake Story, is a detailed account of the discovery of uranium in a little-known area of northern Ontario and of the town to which th…
Spot Prices (April 28, 1997)
Wednesday, April 23, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$340.70- $0.75Silver*$ 4.72…
Greatest Value Traded, April 16-22
ExchgValue ($000s)HighLowCloseChangeBarrick GoldT…
Bre-X release adds fuel to rumor mill
Rumors, of course, fly better in a vacuum.Shares of Bre-X Minerals (bxm-t) took a wild ride on April 23, as rumors about the company’s Busang gold project in Kalimantan, Indonesia, proliferated thanks…
OPINION/GARRY HAWTHORN — Assaying unravelled
Although I have not examined a questionable gold deposit since the late 1980s, I am concerned that the problem has not gone away.A few weeks ago, I received a review of six so-called desert sand gold …
METAL PRICES — Daily Metal Prices GOLD PRICES (London fix and Toronto bank bid/ask, US$ per oz.)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange – Midday bid/ask prices in US$ per tonne)DateApr. 22Apr. 21Apr. 18Apr. 17A…
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (April 28, 1997)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at April 21/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Metal Stocktonneschange…
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, April 16-22
ExchgVol (000s)CloseBre-X MnrlsT165272.40Rea Gold CorpT…
STOCK MARKET — Resource index takes springtime leap on Vancouver Stock Exchange — Winspear Resources, Jersey Goldfields emerge as most active issues
The Vancouver Stock Exchange pulled out of its nose dive during the report period ended April 22. Although still sliding, the VSE posted its best week in more than a month. The composite index lost 8….
PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix and interbank rates, US$ per oz.)
DateApr. 22Apr. 21Apr. 18Apr. 17Apr. 16Silver2.9102.9082.8…