Training conference
A training conference titled TRAM XV (Training Resources Applied to Mining) is scheduled for Aug 7-10 at West Virginia University’s Evansvale campus in Morgantown, W. Va. Delegates to the conference, …
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Andaurex option deal
A joint venture agreement has been signed between Andaurex Resources (VSE) and High Frontier Resources, a private company. High Frontier has the right to earn a 50% interest in Andaurex’s gold propert…
Meeting will focus on mineral economics
The 5th Minerals Economics Symposium, a bi-annual meeting sponsored by CIM (Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy), is set for Jan 24-26, 1989, at Toronto’s Westin-Harbour Castle Hotel. The symp…
Eastmaque signals trend by recovering gold from tailings
Officials cut a ribbon here May 31 to open the country’s first commercial tailings re-treatment project. About 60 people were on hand to help Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) celebrate the occasion. With si…
Blackdome dividend reduction could spell increased output
Among Canadian gold producers, Blackdome Mining’s (TSE) dividend policy was probably the most generous. Indeed, last year’s payout of $6.7 million was about 109% of net income which was simply unsusta…
Battle Mountain backs out of deal with Noramco
A proposed $40-million deal between Battle Mountain Gold (TSE) and Noramco Mining Corp. (TSE) has collapsed following a review of Noramco’s projects by Battle Mountain. The big U.S. gold miner had agr…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Pezim’s Delaware star performer
The Vancouver market has turned much more positive with trading volume and prices reflecting activity at several key gold plays, particularly the Skyline/Iskut River area northwest of Stewart, B.C. It…
Alberta Stock Exchange Tusk to produce gold
In a week when lack of rainfall may have put a damper on the speculative activities of Alberta investors, the Tusk Minerals issue was one of a small group which managed to post gains in their share pr…
Inco, Queenston in joint venture at Upper Canada
Inco Ltd. (TSE) subsidiary Inco Gold has agreed to become a 50% joint venture partner with Queenston Gold Mines (TSE) at the Upper Canada mine property near Kirkland Lake, Ont. Under the agreement, In…
Editorial True picture of a mining town
The image presented of mining, particularly on that most powerful of all mediums, television, is all too frequently a negative one, focusing often enough on hard issues such as accident rates, environ…
Cadmium a player in heated market
Firmness in the market for cadmium is being sustained by strong demand from the makers of nickel- cadmium batteries, Roskill of London reports in a new study on the metal. In the longer term, however,…
Amer. Reserve on ME
Recently listed for trading on the Montreal Exchange was American Reserve Mining (symbol AMI), a company incorporated in 1980 in British Columbia under a different name. The current name came into bei…