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Kenora Prospectors reports encouraging drill results

COATS-listed Kenora Prospectors and Miners has reported more encouraging values from follow-up drilling on the Shoal Lake gold property located 40 miles west of Kenora, Ont. One of the target zones of…


Reduced earnings for Malartic Hygrade

Net income of $543,363 (14 per share) on revenue of $5.7 million was recorded by Malartic Hygrade Gold Mines (Canada) (VSE) during the first nine months of 1988, compared with $3.3 million (91 per sh…


Joly’s output exceeds early expectations

Operating results from the Jolu gold mine during November have exceeded original expectations. Operated by Corona Corp. (TSE), the mine north of La Ronge, Sask., produced 5,266 oz of gold from ore gra…


Nova-Cogesco, MSV pursuing merger

Two Quebec-based junior companies are pursuing a merger, announcement of the move coming on the heels of a takeover proposal by a gold producer of one of the juniors. Nova-Cogesco Resources (TSE) says…



Query Old Mining stocks of no value

I would like information on some old mining stocks from the late 1940s and early 1950s. My father bought 700 shares of a penny stock called Yukon Galena Hill Mines in 1948-49. He also has a certificat…


Beauchamps, Aurizon in option agreement

An option agreement has been entered into by Aurizon Mines (TSE) and Beauchamps Explorations (VSE) whereby the former may acquire a 51% interest (subject to a 2.5% net smelter return royalty) in four …


Hemlo’s ’88 output nears 900,000 oz

Relatively low production costs continue to be the order of the day at the Hemlo gold camp in northern Ontario, where production from the three gold mines operating there is expected to total about 90…


Bulk test scheduled at Octan silver bet

Encouraging results have been encountered at Octan Resources’ (ASE) Bonanza silver claims in the Northwest Territories where the company is planning to take a 15,000-ton bulk sample to determine accur…


The value of metal investors and speculators

Although it may not be palatable to some people, the feeding frenzy behavior of groups such as the many investors in metals, constitutes a vital component of the market that provides price discovery f…



Montreal Exchange Juniors may merge

A proposed takeover bid (at $1.50 per share) of a junior by Quebec gold producer Cambior Inc provoked a response by the junior, but it wasn’t perhaps what Cambior was expecting. The junior, Nova-Coges…


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