1991

Ground exploratory work is under way at the Red Lake gold property at the north end of Confederation Lake in northwestern Ontario, Starmin Mining (TSE) reported. The president of Starmin (formerly Si…

Lawrence Barr, William McConnachie and Allan Ferguson appointed directors.

Douglas Allen elected president.

Toronto-based Rockford Minerals (TSE) says that as of December 31, 1990, it has written down the carrying value of its Larder Lake and Swansea gold projects from an aggregate of $7.4 million to an agg…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange High Low Close Week’s Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Jul 103.25 101.00 103.20 + 1.65 Aug 103.40 102.15 103.45 + 2.50 Sep …

Thunderwood Resources (TSE) and Greenstone Resources (TSE) say stepout drilling at their Scott Lake joint venture has extended a zinc-copper rich massive sulphide zone from 1,800 ft. to a depth of 2,6…

Bing Jung appointed president and Bill Frisen appointed director.

St Andrew Goldfields (TSE) has reached an agreement with Banque Indosuez of Geneva Switzerland to offer 14.4 million newly created preferred shares in exchange for $20.9 million in 5.75% Swiss franc b…

Archibald MacDonald Bell, who for 38 years directed Noranda’s exploration program, died recently in Mississauga, Ont. He was 85. Born in Grafton, Australia, of Canadian parents, Bell attended the Uni…

Sister companies Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) and Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) are planning to move quickly to capitalize on their experience in the royalty acquisition field. The Toronto-based companies a…

The list of individuals inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame gives some idea of the diversity of people who built our mining industry into a world leader. But their accomplishments are not e…

Copious regulations, increasing in number and complexity. New issues, without precedent. Vociferous public interest groups. Changing expectations on all fronts, some of them unreasonable. At the same …