SPOT PRICES (August 18, 1997)
Wednesday, August 13, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$328.60+$9.75Silver*$ 4.46…
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PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (August 18, 1997)
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,721 per tonne, alloy $1,500 per tonne (Aug.12/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$1,910 per tonne (Aug. 11/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.65 per lb. (Aug. …
Royalty sisters report mixed quarter
Rescheduling of operations at Barrick Gold’s (abx-t) Goldstrike project in Nevada has boosted first-quarter earnings for Euro-Nevada Mining (an-t), while impeding those of sister company Franco-Nevada…
Eden Roc Minerals turns around in latest quarter
Improvements in operations and higher production at the Afema heap-leach gold mine in Ivory Coast gave rise to a strong second quarter for Eden Roc Minerals (edn-t).For the three months ended June 30,…
Greenstone teams with Independence
Toronto-based Greenstone Reources (gre-t) has entered into an agreement with Independence Resources (idn-v) to acquire and develop gold projects in Mexico.Greenstone will acquire 1 million units of In…
DIAMOND PAGE — Financing for American Gem
Montana-based sapphire producer American Gem (gem-t) has raised $1.3 million in a private placement of 4.4 million shares at 30 cents each.The purchasers are Canadian and European institutional invest…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED, August 6-12
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COMMENTARY — Communication is key
The author is a senior geologist at Watts Griffis & McOuat and has written the following article at the request of Keep Mining in Canada, a grassroots campaign designed to increase awareness of the im…
NAR plans work in Zimbabwe
Over the next few years, NAR Resources (nrl-m) plans to spend US$2 million exploring greenstone belts considered prospective for volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits in Zimbabwe.The land package was…
DIAMOND PAGE — Cypango arranges placement
Cypango Ventures (cav-v) has arranged a brokered private placement of up to 5 million special warrants at a price of 40 cents per warrant.Each special warrant will be exchangeable into one common shar…
CIM meeting to discuss exploration methods
The methods and limitations of mineral exploration will be the focus of a symposium to be hosted by the Mineral Economics Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum on Sept. 2…
Converse project shaping into large resource for JV partners
Drilling by Uranerz has almost doubled the gold resource at the Converse gold property in northwestern Nevada.A 25-hole drill program on the property, 180 km northeast of Reno, has now outlined 39 mil…