Summo makes plans for copper prospects
With an initial public offering in the works, Summo Minerals plans to begin drilling its Lisbon Valley property in San Juan Cty., Utah, about 45 miles southeast of here. The company was formed to purs…
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Toronto Stock Exchange Indices (August 22, 1994)
— 1994 — Aug 16 Aug 15 Aug 12 Aug 11 Aug 10 High Low Composite “300” 4202.79 4169.73 4175.14 4174.68 4205.08 4609.93 3518.31 Metals&Minerals 3825.26 3800.52 3832.66 3845.35 3907.92 3996.08 3273.56 I…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Strike ends at Santa Gertrudis
An initial collective bargaining agreement has been ratified between Campbell Resources (TSE) and workers at the company’s Santa Gertrudis gold mine in northwestern Mexico. Operations were suspended o…
EDITORIAL PAGE — PNG in legal spotlight
It is unusual for a major deposit to go from discovery to production without attracting a lawsuit, and this phenomenon is not confined to North America. An Australian law firm recently launched procee…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Scientific skills, integrity needed
Regarding your stories covering geochemical disputes associated with gold ores, the infallibility of assay methods approved by government agencies must be considered conditionally false as a first app…
PRODUCER PRICES (August 22, 1994)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US69-71 cents per lb. (Aug. 4, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.50 per lb. (July 21, 1994). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.75-4.25 per lb. (July 28, 1993). CADM…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Non-destructive evaluations can
Further to the letter by Christopher Jennings on the problems inherent in acquiring diamond counts from samples (T.N.M., Aug. 8/94), I would like to suggest that there is indeed a way to quantify the …
Disclosure rules enable compensation comparisons
As demand for capital by corporations has increased, so too has the demand for relevant information by investors to judge the value of their holdings. Largely for this reason, Ontario’s Ministry of Fi…
Archer Cathro plan spurs controversy
Mineral exploration plans in the Killerman Lakes region of south Yukon have been delayed by concerns about their impact on caribou and other wildlife. But Doug Eaton, exploration project manager with …
Gold potential in SW England
The potential for an economic gold discovery may exist in southwestern England, says R. Rumbold et Associes. The Devon-based geological consulting firm says work undertaken by the British Geological S…
Production to resume at Myra Falls
A 16-month-long labor dispute at Westmin Resources’ (TSE) Myra Falls operations has been resolved through the process of binding arbitration. The polymetallic mine is on Vancouver Island, near the com…
Robex earns stake in Cuban calcium carbonate project
Montreal-listed Ressources Robex has signed an agreement with privately owned Caribbean Mines to earn a 50% interest in a micronized calcium carbonate project east of Havana, Cuba. Micronized calcium …