1988

Exploration may be the lifeblood of Canada’s mining industry, but capital investment is what turns discoveries into the mines and mills that produce a marketable commodity. That’s why it is gratifying…

Edmonton-based Alberta Gold Exploration (ASE) has signed agreements worth nearly $3 million to finance exploration at the Iris joint venture in northeastern Ontario’s Harker-Holloway area, the company…

Buyers stepped in today to help stop a slide which was coming close to testing the technically-important 3,200-pt level. A 37.22-pt rally today moved the composite index to 3,279.24 pts. Unfortunately…

Toronto-based Win-Eldrich Mines (TSE) has taken a major step towards consolidating its position at the Ashdown gold property which could be in production next year. Win-Eldrich’s 100% interest in the …

It appears that Mineral Resources International (TSE) will be adding significantly to its oil and gas reserves, thanks to an imminent $36-million takeover of Lethbridge, Alta.-based Barons Oil. The MR…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Aug 101.00 99.50 100.05 + 6.60 Sep 101.20 99.25 100….

I’d like to know what happened to Aldermac Copper Corp. I understand it was bought by Ascot Metals Corp. in 1949. I’d like to know the name of the present company which took over Aldermac Copper. F. …

Black River – Matheson Township council has been accused twice of behaving in a manner that prevents prosperity to the township, located 40 miles east of Timmins, near the burgeoning Harker-Holloway g…

Preliminary assay results from Octan Resources’ Bonanza silver property in the Northwest Territories, made the Calgary company the one to watch during trading this week. With 90,000 shares changing ha…

Brohm — W. McClay sold 45,000 (June) to hold 583,500. Glencairn — R. Peereboom bought 100,000 (private, June, July) to hold 398,000. Highland Crow — G. A. Keevil sold 158,898 (private, Nov/87) to h…

International Curator Resources (VSE) wasn’t drawn to this state by the appeal of such base metal discoveries as Cominco’s Red Dog zinc deposit. What has drawn Curator to Alaska is the old Jualin mine…

Bicentennial Gold ’88 Conference — A 3-volume set of extended abstracts comprising oral and poster papers presented at Australia’s first international conference on the geology of gold deposits, May …