PEOPLE — NEWHAWK GOLD MINES
Jack Thompson and Anthony Ransom appointed directors.
1993
Proposed Shoal Lake gold project faces environmental
A concerns about the potential impact the project would have on water quality in Shoal Lake. According to David Smith, senior planner with MOE’s environmental assessment branch, private sector activit…
METALS MARKETS — Metals trade wars are heating up
The number of trade penalties imposed by OECD governments reacting to domestic complaints of dumping by foreign suppliers is up sharply. Those charged are accused of dumping product at prices below ei…
Tri Origin drilling at Lewis Ponds
A drilling program designed to follow up previous intersections of a 20-metre-thick sequence of massive, disseminated and fragmental sulphides is under way at the Lewis Ponds project of Tri Origin Exp…
KWG extracts bulk sample
Joint venture partners KWG Resources (ME) and SEG Exploration (ME) have completed the extraction of a 29,000-ton bulk sample from the No. 1 vein system on their Granada gold property near Rouyn-Norand…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Less talk, more action
British Columbia Premier Michael Harcourt was to lead a delegation of business executives on a trade mission to Europe later this month. But one after another, the industry moguls bowed out with imagi…
METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (January 25, 1993)
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Jan. 19 Jan. 18 Jan. 15 Jan. 14 Jan. 13 Copper 1427-1428 1433-1434 1445-1446 1438-14…
Great Lakes negotiates processing by Copper Range
Copper ore from the 543-S project of Great Lakes Minerals (TSE) in Michigan’s Keweenaw Cty. will be processed by Copper Range Co., a unit of Metall Mining (TSE), under a deal being negotiated by the c…
Work under way at Mobrun project
The first phase of development at the 1100 lens at the Mobrun polymetallic property, 19 miles northeast of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., is under way, Audrey Resources (TSE) reports. By the end of 1992, the sh…
PEOPLE — PEGASUS GOLD (January 25, 1993)
Steven Banning appointed vice-president, operations.
Joutel increases Cuban exposure
An arms-length agreement with a private company has given Joutel Resources (TSE) an exposure to 11,000 sq. km of ground in Cuba. Joutel says it has signed a deal with Earthunt International Minerals C…
OPINION — Living with the GST
Vera Eden joined the goods and services tax (GST) revolt the other day. When a plumber came to her Victoria home, she paid him for his work, but they agreed to ignore the GST. “We hate it,” said Eden,…