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Tax angles More on the new exploration incentives

On May 3, 1988, Finance Minister Michael Wilson and Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Marcel Masse announced measures to maintain the effectiveness of flow- through share financing for explorati…



Flow-through deal to fund Ego Wawa bet

Toronto-based Ego Resources (TSE) has entered a flow-through financing agreement with Tap-IV Resource Ltd. Partnership (TSE) to finance an extension of a recently completed 30,000-ft drill program at …


NIM’s prospectus will test CEIP

News that the federal government plans to introduce, at the start of 1989, an exploration incentive, or grant, scheme to help junior resource firms raise funds for exploration programs seems to have h…


Amca hits water but not much ore

Water problems have all but eliminated any chance of finding economic reserves near existing mine workings at Amca Resources’ (VSE) Silver Cross property in Arizona. Earlier reporting of low grade gol…


Editorial U.S. divided on free trade

Should the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement be approved by Congress in its present form? For the mining industry, this is a tough question. As Elmer Bierly, vice-president of Hecla Mining * * * told t…




Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (May 23, 1988)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market $1.08-$1.11 per lb. (May 5, 1988). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.08-$1.13 per lb. (Apr 14, 1988). BISMUTH: New York dealer $5.60-$5.75 per lb. (May 5, 1988). CADMIUM: New York …


Kerr spurns acquisitions in favor of development

In a bid to expand its existing assets to at least six operating mines, Kerr Addison Mines (TSE) of Toronto is planning to spend $70 million over the next two years on an ambitious development program…


Books (May 23, 1988)

Silver Islet: Striking It Rich In Lake Superior by Elinor Barr. ISBN 0-920474-4-1, 160 pages plus endpaper maps, archival photographs and extensive memorabilia. Premiere edition in a planned series of…


Goldbrook in Beardmore area

Goldbrook Explorations has acquired an option to earn a 50% interest in a 65-claim property 50 miles north of Beardmore, Ont. Located near the Onaman River, the property covers several polymetallic de…


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