Ateba sampling old Magnet mine workings
Underground mapping and sampling are currently under way on Ateba Mines’ (TSE) Magnet mine property, located 10 km west of Geraldton, Ont. A dewatering program, completed last month, has enabled acces…
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Editorial A worthwhile collection
Thanks to the efforts of some tireless volunteers and the generosity of several mining companies, Canada’s National Museum of Natural Sciences may soon be endowed with one of the most remarkable miner…
Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (December 05, 1988)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market $1.06-$1.08 per lb. (Nov 22, 1988). ANTIMONY: New York dealer 95 -$1.00 per lb. (Nov 3, 1988). BISMUTH: New York dealer $6-$6.15 per lb. (Nov 22, 1988). CADMIUM: New York deal…
Coal Conference (December 05, 1988)
The second regional conference on coal marketing, technology and mining, which will be held in Brisbane, Aust., from June 5-8 , 1989, will bring together coal suppliers and electricity power generatin…
Call for coal papers
Organizers of the 4th Coal Operators Conference, to be held in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Sept 13-15, 1989, have issued a call for papers. Papers related to operating functions of producing coal mines or to…
Shortage leads to `black market’ for sodium cyanide
Sodium cyanide, essential in the recovery of most gold produced today, is in such short supply that a “black market” has developed for the chemical driving prices up sharply for those without an assur…
Vancouver Stock Exchange December blahs on the way
Trading activity remains sluggish in Vancouver, as evidenced by the VSE Index which at press time had tumbled to a new low of 799.68. To top that off, glitches in the VSE’s computerized trading system…
Letter to the editor B.C. questionnaires
The British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources has engaged the University of Victoria Centre for Public Sector Studies to conduct an evaluation of the FAME Program sponsored by…
Editorial Free trade rumblings
Seismologists will be studying for years the earthquake that shook Eastern Canada recently. Measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, the earthquake was the strongest on this side of the continent this cent…
McIntyre meeting
McIntyre Mines (TSE) recently said that a special shareholders meeting will be held Jan 23, 1989 to consider a statutory plan of arrangement involving McIntyre, its shareholders and Falconbridge Limit…
Corona options Varna property
Corona Corp. (TSE) has acquired an option on the Mings Bight gold property from Varna Gold (ASE). Near Baie Verte, Nfld., the Mings Bight property includes 7,000 acres of ground on which several gold …
Broulan results
Net earnings for the first nine months of 1988 for Broulan Resources (TSE) was $1 million or 15 per share compared to $694,961 or 10 per share for the first nine months of 1987. At the main property…