EDITORIAL PAGE — The future of mining
Whether or not the mining industry in Canada is in decline, maturing, or tired and recuperating after the ebullient times of the past decade remains a subject for debate. That mining is still an impor…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Preparing `whiz kids’ with salable
Your editorial “Blue-collar whiz kids” (T.N.M., Nov. 30/92) is timely and accurate. Dropouts aside, there are young graduates from high school without any salable skills. Some government-funded traini…
PROFILE — Smith forges bond with Munk, staff at Barrick
Gold producer American Barrick Resources continues to fare well in the stock market although its primary commodity seems to have lost some of its lustre. .TPresident Robert Smith attributes the compan…
Greenland premier on information tour
In its quest for North American exploration investment, the Greenland Home Rule government recently enlisted the aid of the island’s top elected official. Premier Lars Emil Johansen went on the road t…
Ecudor plans work program
The start of a drilling program is planned for this month at the Dufresnoy-Clericy property directly south of the polymetallic Mobrun property, near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Societe Miniere Ecudor (ME) re…
METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (December 21, 1992)
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Dec. 15 Dec. 14 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 Copper 1397-1398 1400-1401 1399-1401 1400-140…
Inco to meet with union on underground proposal
Nickel giant Inco (TSE) will meet with union officials at its Sudbury, Ont., operations on Jan. 4 to discuss a proposal that would shift 85 unionized and non-unionized office workers into underground …
NEWS ROUNDUP — Beauchamps drills Quebec property
Drilling has commenced on Beauchamps Exploration’s (VSE) 87-claim Verneuil Twp. gold property just east of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que. In October, gold mineralization was discovered in a new pyrite-bear…
Encouraging assays from South Pipeline
Encouraging assay results were released by Royal Gold (NASDAQ) from the South Pipeline gold project in Nevada. The Denver-based company owns a 20% net profits interest in the property where a deeper h…
Lithoprobe has implications for mineral exploration
Lithoprobe, an integrated geoscience research program created in 1987, is providing new insights into mineral exploration in several mining camps in the Abitibi greenstone belt in Ontario and Quebec. …
Cons. Nevada eyes new properties
The objective of Peter Bojtos, president of Consolidated Nevada Goldfields (TSE), is to make his company grow through property acquisitions. Bojtos was in Toronto recently presiding over Consolidated …
Dayton director sells following property deal
Just a few weeks after Dayton Mining (TSE) agreed to vend a 25% interest in its wholly owned Andacollo gold project in Chile for $22.6 million, director Kamel Lazaar sold 20% of his stake in the Vanco…