1990

Reports from Arizona that American Barrick Resources (TSE) is about to incorporate dredging equipment and pontoons into its Goldstrike mine development plan are inaccurate, a spokesman for the company…

Vancouver-based Canamax Resources (TSE) has renegotiated the terms under which it will repay the $7.3 million it owes to Colorado affiliate Amax Gold (TSE). At a special meeting in Toronto, shareholde…

Long-awaited signs of a significant renewal in the amount of base metal exploration activity in Canada have appeared just as a new decade gets under way. Senior and junior mining companies alike are p…

As a new decade gets under way, it is certain that last year’s wave of mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring efforts will begin to take effect on a number of mining companies. The mining i…

LAC Minerals (TSE) has declared a semi-annual dividend of 7 cents , an increase of 1 cents , on its common shares, payable Dec. 1 to shareholders of record Nov. 10.

Henry George, an ardent American proponent of free trade 100 years age, made these comments which still hold meaning today: It might be in the interest of lighting companies to restrict the number a…

A drilling program is under way at the Aldermac group of base metal properties near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Deak Resources (TSE) reports. A minimum 15,000 ft. of drilling will be conducted by Feb. 28, ut…

A dispute has arisen between Toronto-based McAdam Resources (TSE) and Jack Stoch Geoconsultants over who owns the old McWatters gold mine near Rouyn- Noranda, Que. In October 1986, McAdam agreed to pa…

During the recent festive season, I chanced to look around the kitchen in a different way and began to think of the myriad uses of metals in the preparation of food: the sinks, the spoons, the pans, e…

The government of Newfoundland has agreed to buy $20 million of the external debt of Baie Verte Mines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cliff Resources (TSE), for 20 million redeemable preference shares. …

It was all quiet on the Alberta front this week as investors seemed reluctant to shrug off their New Year hangovers and return to the business of buying and selling resource stocks. As a result, the w…

Investors seemed to have had their minds on other matters during the holiday season, with daily volumes ranging between a feeble 2.3 million and 3 million shares for the 4-day trading week ended Jan. …