1993

I believe that The Northern Miner tries to present both sides of any issue, but the Opinion article “Living with the GST” (T.N.M., Jan. 25/93) is too biased. The writer scandalizes the integrity of Ca…

Carolina Gold Resources Ltd. (CJE:VSE) has changed its name to Rutherford Ventures Corp. (RVC:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Pacific Corpo…

A drill program by Royal Oak Mines (TSE) will test a shear-zone target on recently acquired ground covering the southern half of the Yellowknife greenstone belt. The northern portion of the belt hosts…

Windy Craggy — is this a political decision? With all our technology we still cannot change the fact that mines are built where the ore is. This is not just between mining interests and the environme…

Diamond stocks sprang back to life during the week ended March 2 with several of the main Lac de Gras, N.W.T., players touching new highs on speculation over spring drilling programs. Among those ente…

Gold production in 1992 rose by more than 13% to 354,298 oz., Cambior (TSE) reports. The company, based in Val d’Or, Que., and with interests in gold-producing properties in Quebec, Alaska and Guyana,…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Mar. 2 Mar. 1 Feb. 26 Feb. 25 Feb. 24 Copper 1471-1472 1475-1476 1514-1515 1497-1498…

Produced as a co-product with copper and/or nickel, cobalt is experiencing increased supply problems. The metal has application in aerospace alloys, cutting tools, magnets, ceramics and chemicals. A v…

Joint-venture partners Carson Gold (VSE) and Venezuelan Goldfields (VSE) are further expanding their land package in the Kilometre 88 district of Venezuela. The two companies have entered into an agre…

Recent preliminary estimates of reserves for the Kabanga nickel deposit in northeastern Tanzania put total reserves at about 25.5 million tons grading 1.19% nickel, 0.2% copper and 0.1% cobalt at a 0….

The metal and mineral sub-index of Scotiabank’s commodity price index moved up marginally in January as a slight improvement in copper and nickel prices offset declines in lead, gold and silver prices…

A joint venture agreement to explore for zinc in China’s Sichuan province was recently signed by BHP Minerals and Sichuan Non-Ferrous Metals Ore Resources Exploration Development Corp. (SREDCO). Based…