Gold sales by the Bank of Canada in 1991 were almost 1.8 million oz., the highest level since the program was initiated in 1980 and 462,000 oz. more than 1990 sales. Gold sales will continue at a rate…
Total world gold supply in 1991 dropped for the first time since 1983 to 2,815 tonnes from 2,913 tonnes in 1990, according to Gold Fields Mineral Services’ annual survey Gold 1992. However, primary mi…
Toronto-based Canadian Overseas Exploration (VSE) has acquired the right to a 50% interest in a joint venture to develop and exploit a 650-sq.-km diamond concession off the coast of Namibia. The conce…
Halifax-based Scotia Prime Minerals (ASE) has optioned a base metals property near Five Islands, N.S., to the Canadian unit of U.S.-based giant Phelps Dodge Corp. — the fourth in a series of agreemen…
The Nerco Con mine at Yellowknife, N.W.T., could change hands if Nerco (NSYE) finds a buyer for its minerals division. The diversified resource company recently announced it had retained J.P. Morgan, …
While gold may have lost some of its traditional lustre, the prospects of discovering economic diamond deposits is luring investors back to western markets. The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite inde…
Recent drilling by Melinga Resources (VSE) on the Macuelizo copper-gold project in northwest Honduras, Central America, returned a number of copper-gold intersections. The drilling is part of a 150-ho…
Toronto-based contractor Hillsborough Resources (TSE), which has already an equity stake in a producing zinc mine, is moving to take advantage of rising demand for coal in the Far East. At the company…
Semi-monthly reports as of May 15, showed 26,957,661 shares of 630 issues compared with 25,039,057 shares of 599 issues on April 30. Larger individual positions included: Amax Gold 80,950, up 62,550; …
Tri Origin Exploration (TSE) has released the first results from its Lewis Ponds base metal project in Australia. Hoping to find a polymetallic massive sulphide deposit, Tri Origin is completing a 5-h…
SouthernEra Resources (TSE) director Lee Barker is poised to benefit from any new developments in the Lac de Gras diamond hunt after picking up 100,000 shares of the Northwest Territories explorer. Ac…
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US59.50-60.50 cents per lb. (May 14, 1992). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US78-83 cents per lb. (May 14, 1992). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.45-2.70 per lb. (May 14, 1992). CADMI…
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