PROFILE (December 23, 1991)
At a time when the market is bearish, LAC Minerals sends a signal to investors that it remains a serious player in the mining industry, looking for quality assets worldwide. It has just raised $106 mi…
News
Geoscientists view the world’s deepest drill hole
Geoscientists from around the globe caught a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse of the world’s deepest diamond drill hole when they visited the Kola project in the Soviet Union recently. The drill site, 40 km…
Land claim deal sets stage for new Canadian territory
The creation of a new territory in Canada’s north is a step closer to reality. The federal government in Ottawa and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut in the Northwest Territories recently reached agr…
NEWS ROUNDUP (December 09, 1991)
New Legends Metals is commencing exploration on a 295-claim property near Casa Berardi, Que., held by Cross Lake Minerals (VSE) and Glen Auden Resources (TSE). New Legends plans to trace the full exte…
GOLD FUNDS (December 09, 1991)
BGR Central Net Value $8.65 $5.08 Price $8.00 $4.550 Discount 7.49% 10.4 Value $51,484,000 $76,550,565…
FINANCING (December 09, 1991)
Lac Minerals Ltd – 11,000,000 shs offered @ $9.625 per sh.
U.S. REPORT (December 09, 1991)
The Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., approved proposals this year advanced by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) to raise the basic listing requirements and m…
OBITUARY (December 09, 1991)
Veteran miner Malcolm “Curly” Alexander died recently in Red Lake, Ont. He was 79. Born in Wakaw, Sask., Alexander began his mining career at Placer Dome’s Sigma mine in Val d’Or, Que., before he was …
EARTH magazine focuses on planet
A new magazine aimed at promoting understanding of the Earth was recently launched by Kalmbach Publishing Co. of Wisconsin. Titled EARTH, the magazine focuses on the geology and evolution of the plane…
Victor faces challenge of deep mining
The announcement by Inco (TSE) of a major nickel-copper find at Victor in northern Ontario raises a couple of big questions. At 8,000-8,500 ft. below surface in the highly stressed rocks of the Sudbur…
NovaGold buying Pine Cove option
Halifax company NovaGold Resources (TSE) has agreed to acquire International Corona’s (TSE) right to earn a 70% stake in the 2,850-hectare Pine Cove gold property in Newfoundland. Since signing an opt…
Westmin reports quarterly loss
A $10.7-million loss was reported by Westmin Resources (TSE) for its 1991 third quarter ended Sept. 30, a sizable increase over the $3.2-million loss reported for the comparable period a year earlier….