PRODUCER PRICES (July 20, 1992)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US59-61 cents per lb. (Jul. 1, 1992). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). CADMIUM: …
1992
Open pit expansion considered — High gold values in
Results from initial bulk sampling of the Siwash North gold deposit in southern British Columbia has property owner Fairfield Minerals (TSE) considering an expansion of its open pit program to 5,000 t…
PEOPLE — POLESTAR EXPLORATION
Alistair McLennan appointed president.
Challenger options property in northwestern Ontario
Recently listed Challenger Minerals (VSE) has been granted the right to earn a 100% interest in the Marshall Lake copper-zinc property 160 miles northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont. Aur Resources (TSE) will…
PEOPLE — PACIFIC SUN (July 20, 1992)
Suzanne Wood appointed director/secretary.
Aurizon, Soquem complete deal
Soquem, the exploration arm of the Quebec government, is set to earn a 50% stake in Aurizon Mines’ (TSE) Bruneau Twp. gold property after closing an option agreement with Aurizon. Soquem can exercise …
EDITORIAL PAGE –Most interesting times
When you live in interesting times, you tend to become used to, well, interesting developments. Change in a changing world, as the saying goes, is the one constant you come to expect. Giant real estat…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Mining taxes in Saskatchewan
There is no doubt that Manitoba is making a big effort to attract mining investment and your editorial (T.N.M., June 22/92) was timely. In your review of the Manitoba situation, you highlighted the ta…
Amax encouraged by Robertson widths
Two holes drilled by Amax Gold (NYSE) returned promising gold values over appreciable widths from the Robertson gold property adjacent to Placer Dome’s Pipeline gold discovery in Nevada. Amax can earn…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — GAC members
Patrick Whiteway may be partially correct in his guest column (T.N.M., June 15/92) for the declining membership in the Geological Association of Canada (GAC). As an original member of GAC, I dropped m…
Aber ships till samples to laboratory for analysis
Vancouver-based Aber Resources (TSE) says it has taken hundreds of till and esker samples to follow up geophysical anomalies on its properties in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories. The…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Timely editorial
Congratulations for a much needed editorial entitled “Disclosure on diamonds” (T.N.M., July 6/92). Whoever wrote it may have lived the “Windfall” mess. Thanks for renewed good services. Pierre Lacombe…