1997

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Mar.17/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium891,825(+14,150)Copper197,450(-8,075)Lead108,225(-850)Nickel46,54…

Drill results from the Rainy River property in northwestern Ontario point to improved gold grades.Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) reports that hole 6, drilled diagonally into the No. 17 zone, intercepted 37…

Gold Funds as of March 13, 1997BGRCentralNet Value$23.34$6.15Price$17.90$…

New Claymore Resources (NCS-V) has increased to 6 million acres its land position in the Buffalo Hills-Peace River area of north-central Alberta.The area has heated up since Ashton Mining of Canada (A…

ExchgValue($000s)HighLowCloseChangeInco LtdT11370…

Wednesday, March 19, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$348.95- $4.20Silver*$ 5.17…

Pacific Rim Mining (PFG-V) will use proceeds from a $12.7-million equity financing to accelerate exploration of its Cerro Blanco and La Colorada properties in northwestern Argentina and fund future ac…

The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index rose 15.77 points, or 1.18%, over the report period ended March 11, closing at 1347.18. The resource index rose was up just a notch, adding 4.6 points, or …

Drilling has expanded the Guadalupe de los Reyes gold-silver project in Mexico’s Sinaloa state, Northern Crown Mines (COB-V) reports.Results include assays from 11 holes drilled in the Zapote zone, on…

Placer Dome’s (PDG-T) 68%-owned Musselwhite mine in northern Ontario has poured its first gold.Situated 120 km north of Pickle Lake, the mine is slated to produce 200,000 oz. gold per year for about 1…

Hecla Mining (HL-N) will proceed with exploration and development of Aquiline Resources’ (AQI-V) La Jojoba gold project in Mexico’s Sonora state.To earn a 60% interest in the property, Hecla will reim…

A property-wide sampling program at Mongolia Gold Resources’ (MGR-V) 49%-owned Bumbat Gold Field property in Mongolia has identified an open-ended gold-in-soil anomaly measuring 1,700 metres long by 2…