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MINER DETAILS — Shareholders should come first

When it comes to passing judgment on companies’ management, shareholders have a habit of voting with their feet. If they don’t like the way things are done, they walk away. They don’t have much choice…


Mint produces Ontario coin

A scene featuring a majestic jackpine tree and resembling a Group of Seven painting graces the reverse of the Ontario coin in the Canada 125 Coin Program. The first of the coins to be minted was unvei…


NEWS ROUNDUP — Cambior acquires property in Chile

Cambior (TSE) has acquired a 100% interest in the Polo Sur copper property in Chile from Shell Chile S.A. at an undisclosed price. Polo Sur is 75 miles northeast of Antofogasta in northern Chile and c…



PRODUCER PRICES (August 17, 1992)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US60.00-61.75 cents per lb. (Jul. 30, 1992). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). CA…


Quinto advised to focus on graphite

A recently completed engineering report by Consultant Darryl Drummond recommends Quinto Mining (VSE) evaluate its Lumby property in south-central British Columbia on the basis of its graphite potentia…


Yellow Point,Riviera test Czech deposit

Junior companies Yellow Point Mining (VSE) and Riviera Explorations (VSE) have a joint venture agreement with a private Czech company to explore, develop and mine the Kasperske Hory gold deposit about…


Blasting triggers fatal landslide

A landslide apparently triggered by indiscriminate mining and blasting recently left at least 78 people dead and 44 hurt, according to a UPI story of a Press Trust of India report. The accident occurr…


De Beers rep visits Alberta

A recent rare courtesy call by a representative of highly-secretive diamond merchant De Beers to Alberta has the local mining community buzzing, but not much more enlightened about De Beers’ plans for…


EDITORIAL PAGE — Viceroy’s victory

California has long been in the vanguard of environmental activism. To get an idea of what kind of restrictions might be placed on any kind of development elsewhere in North America, one had only to l…


Westmin trims quarterly loss

Although still not out of the red, Westmin Resources (TSE) is continuing to pare losses stemming from its mining operations in British Columbia. The Vancouver-based company posted a net loss of $2.54 …


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