1997

Wednesday, March 26, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$346.80- $2.15Silver*$ 5.09…

Short positions outstanding at March 15, 1997Larger individual positions included: Barrick Gold 11,043,672, down 561,749; Agnico-Eagle 224,166; AJ Perron Gold 376,400; Antares Mining & Exploration 215…

The Rooiberg alluvial diamond project of Redaurum (RRK-T) is on its way to minehood.The company has applied to the South African government for a licence to develop its 4,300-ha Rooiberg property, whe…

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The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index continued its downward trend over the report period ended March 25, dragging many mining issues with it.The index lost 60 points to finish at 1,265.7. The …

Four drill rigs continue to work at establishing the ultimate size of the Cerro Casale gold-copper porphyry deposit on the Aldebaran property in northern Chile.Property owner Arizona Star Resource (AZ…

Drill results from a recently discovered zone at Northern Crown Mines’ (COB-V) Guadalupe de Los Reyes project in northwestern Mexico continue to return gold and silver values.Holes 9 through 15, as we…

London Metal ExchangeMidday bid-ask prices in $US per tonneDateMar. 25Mar. 24Mar. 21Mar. 20Mar. 19…

Vancouver-based Major General Resources (MGJ-T) has completed drilling of its copper discovery on the optioned Stewart property in the Bathurst region of New Brunswick.The best result was 25.5 metres …

Drilling by AMT International Mining (AAI-T) has intersected strong gold values on the Gold Dust property in northwestern Manitoba.Highlights from Gold Dust include hole 3, which hit 13.4 ft. grading …

Idaho-based Fischer-Watt Gold (FWGO-O) has tripled proven and probable reserves at its Limon gold mine in northwestern Colombia.The figure now stands at 99,400 tonnes grading 16 grams gold per tonne, …