Kingswood buys Acadia shares
Toronto junior Kingswood Resources (ASE) will buy 12.2 million common shares (51%) of Acadia Mineral Ventures (TSE) from Hecla Mining (NYSE). In exchange, Hecla will receive five million treasury shar…
1993
GUEST COLUMN — Caution advised in interpreting garnet data
Garnet is one of the most important indicator minerals used in the search for kimberlites, and the presence of purple Cr-rich pyrope is an almost-certain indication that one is on the right track. Oth…
METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (April 12, 1993)
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Apr. 6 Apr. 5 Apr. 2 Apr. 1 Mar. 31 Copper 1373-1374 1388-1389 1410-1411 1406-1407 1…
TSE SHORT POSITIONS (April 12, 1993)
Semi-monthly reports as of Mar. 31, showed 61,066,784 shares of 662 issues compared with 67,018,621 shares of 655 issues on Mar. 15. Larger individual positions included: Aber 60,100, down 33,956; Ade…
Sherritt offering
Sherritt Gordon (TSE) has made a public offering of US$200 million aggregate principal amount of 934% notes due April 1, 2003. The underwriter is Goldman, Sachs & Co. Sherritt will use the proceeds pa…
Leahy defends potential of Kirkland Lake area
Ontario prospectors found themselves defending the Kirkland Lake diamond play against an onslaught of negative commentary at a recent short course presented by the Prospectors and Developers Associati…
San Andreas ups project reserves
San Andreas Resources (VSE) has updated preliminary reserves at the Prairie Creek project to about 3.2 million tons grading 13.4% lead, 15.6% zinc and 6.2 oz. silver per ton. San Andreas can earn a 60…
Moneta to drill at Godfrey Twp.
Drilling will resume in Godfrey Twp., near Timmins, Ont., where Falconbridge intersected a 1.5-metre interval grading 82.2 grams gold per tonne at a depth of 115 metres. Under an agreement with Falcon…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Curragh’s decline
For Curragh Resources, the Westray coal mine in Nova Scotia was to have been a cash-flow buffer when its Faro, Y.T., operations inevitably suffered through price troughs in zinc and lead. Westray, ins…
COMMENTARY — Capital investment dips, manufacturers ponder
It is cash flow that ultimately pays for construction, equipment and the acquisition of new machinery that, in turn, enable companies to expand production and grow. In manufacturing, there is an 18-mo…
Sigma catches its second wind
There is a blight on the famed gold belt of northern Quebec and northern Ontario. There are too many miners and too few jobs. This is not news to anyone who knows the region; it has been a fact of lif…
LaRonde yields high-grade ore
Ongoing exploration of the 20th level of the LaRonde gold mine, near Val d’Or, Que., is yielding encouraging results. Drilling about 3,000 ft. east of the main shaft along the exploration drift, Agnic…