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Strength in the golds and metal miners pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange up 81.63 points (1.7%) for the trading period Jan. 17-23. The TSE 300 composite index closed at 4,847.62, near the record high …

Wednesday, January 24, 1996Week’s Price (US)ChangeGold*$403.00+$4.10Silver*$ 5.54+$0.05Platinum*$421.50+$1.75Nickel**$ 3.68+$0.14Lead**$ 0.33+$0.01Copper{$ 1.15-$0.03Zinc{{$ …

1996 Jan 23Jan 22Jan 19Jan 18Jan 17HighLowComposite”300″4847.624848.984821.064798.124773.004871.873983.34Metals&Minerals4917.584881.664852.994810.714729.665276.123273.56Integrated…

The Keystone joint venture has acquired the remaining interest in the Wasekwan Belt property, near its producing Burnt Timber mine, southeast of Lynn Lake, Man.Minority holders Trans America Industrie…

The Vancouver Stock Exchange entered the new year on a high note by reporting that it had set an all-time volume record in 1995.More than 6.1 billion shares were traded, which is 16.2% higher than in …

As part of its final feasibility work at the Petaquilla property in Panama, Teck (TSE) has started an extensive, infill diamond drilling program on three of the project’s copper-gold deposits.The $4-m…

The voluntary environmental cleanup of the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex near Lincoln, Mont., has earned Asarco an award from the Lewis and Clark Cty. Conservation District Board of Supervisors.The a…

Life in remote mining camps was often enriched with special comradeship. The people who lived and toiled there tended to foster close-knit relationships, and were often inspired by each other’s hobbie…

Something must be askew at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The collapse of the East Coast fishery and the near decimation of West Coast salmon stocks have left a lot of Canadian fisherie…

London Metal ExchangeSpot closing prices in $US per tonneDateJan. 23 Jan. 22 Jan. 19 Jan. 18Jan. 17Copper2574-2579 2519-2524 2555-2560 2602-26072591-2596Lead722.5-723.5 710.50-711.5 717-718 7…

Drilling west of its Detour Lake mine in northeastern Ontario, Placer Dome (TSE) has intersected substantial widths of low-grade gold mineralization at its Fault Lake property.Placer Dome is earning a…

The first phase of soil geochemical sampling has been completed on the Barama gold project in Guyana, where Texas-based explorer International TME Resources (VSE) is earning a half interest.Sampling f…