Markham vehicle cease-traded
The British Columbia Securities Commission has placed a permanent cease-trade order on the shares of American Gold Mining, which had been promoted by Ronald Markham.Markham, who the commission says is…
Franklin Lake Resources Inc
Interior disallows Pass Minerals claims
A United States Department of the Interior hearings office has ruled mining claims located over a supposed “desert gold” deposit in southern Nevada are invalid “for failure to make a discovery.”Admini…
Companies (June 07, 1999)
Akrokeri-Ashanti Gold MinesAsia Pacific ResourcesB.Y.G. Natural ResourcesBarrick GoldBig Valley ResourcesCambiorClaude ResourcesEcho Bay MinesExplorations Minieres du NordFreewest ResourcesGeomaque Ex…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — FBI unlikely to fare better than Mounties — The unpunishable crime
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are famous for getting their man, but not this time. They didn’t get John Felderhof, the multi-award-winning senior geologist at the Busang property in the jungles of…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Regulators will have to do better — A failure of will
Pity poor Larry Ryckman. The one-time market player found it necessary to issue a press release charging that the Alberta Securities Commission was politically motivated in publicizing its suit to rec…
Companies (January 04, 1999)
@IDX:Aber ResourcesAltius MineralsArchon MineralsArgentina GoldAsarcoAscot ResourcesAtna ResourcesBanro ResourceBarrick GoldBlackstone ResourcesBroken Hill ProprietaryCamecoCamphor VenturesCanyon Reso…
Recent history reveals trends in mine failures
“I’ve heard they’ve got 15 million ounces of gold,” the broker said. “The news is all over the Street.”In the heady days of 1995 and 1996, it was something you heard all the time: ounces, ounces, ounc…
Companies (September 28, 1998)
Adrian ResourcesAlta GoldAnglo AmericanArgentina GoldAsia MineralsBarrick GoldBattlefield MineralsBlack Hawk MiningBroken Hill ProprietaryCambiorComaplex MineralsConsolidated Gold Win VenturesCumberla…
Naxos reports contamination
An investigation into assay discrepancies has revealed that samples from Naxos Resources’ (NAXOF-OTC) Franklin Lake property in California were contaminated during the initial assay procedure at a tes…
Companies (August 24, 1998)
Aber ResAmblin ResourcesAnglogoldAquiline ResArgosy MiningArizuma SilverArmada GoldAtlas MiningAur ResourcesAurcanaAuspex MineralsB.Y.G. Natrl ResBarrick GoldBattle Mtn GldBolidenCaledonia MgCambiorC…
Companies (July 27, 1998)
America Mineral FieldsAmericana Gold & DiamondArizona Star ResourcesBarrick GoldBattle Mountian GoldBirim GoldfieldsBolidenBreakwater ResourcesBroken Hill ProprietyBuchans RiverCamecoCartaway Resource…
Lawsuits, hearings focus on disclosure, corporate conduct — Regulators and shareholders train sights on Crystallex, Naxos, Cartaway and First Marathon
As if to signal the end of the 1990s bull market for resource stocks, irate shareholders and vigilant securities regulators have taken aim at a powerful brokerage firm and several junior companies tha…