The Toronto Stock Exchange was uninspired during the trading period Aug.20-26, losing 17.97 points to close Aug. 26 at 6,697.91. The base metals, oil and gas, and real estate sectors were the major dr…
The top brass of the major brokerage firms love them; lawyers love them; and so do accountants. Most important of all, investors love them, forgetting, as many do, that if two plus two can equal five,…
Drill results suggest that the Colomac gold mine in the Northwest Territories may have potential to continue as an underground operation once production at the open pit ceases this autumn.Various expl…
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,764 per tonne, alloy $1,455 per tonne (Aug.26/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$1,880 per tonne (Aug. 25/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.60 per lb. (Aug. …
Rio Tinto (RTP-n) is engaged in a drilling program at its wholly owned Canoas concession in south-central Ecuador.The activity is focused on the northwestern part of the concession. To date, about 40 …
Partners Lytton Minerals (LTL-T) and New Indigo Resources (NDR-A) report that the average grade of the JD/OD-1 kimberlite pipe in the Northwest Territories is now 1.18 carats per tonne.The announcemen…
I’ve had occasion to meet a very select group of mine makers in my travels across Canada, and these men — namely Karl Springer, Earl Gillanders and Thayer Lindsley — are deserving of the highest hon…
Kevin Bullock appointed vice-president of operations.
Rochester Minerals (ROR-V) has changed its name to Rochester Energy (ROV-V).
Miners say it all the time, so it must be true: there is no substitute for grade.The motto would seem to apply to Eden Roc Minerals (edn-t), which announced record gold production of 11,670 oz. and ne…
.BREVIEWED BY JOHN CUMMINGDestination Tombstone: Adventures of a Prospectorby Edward Schieffelin; compiled by Marilyn Butler;US$14.95, Available from Royal Spectrum Publishing,2562 E. Evergreen, Mesa,…
Australia is taking the science of mineral exploration to new heights.A consortium of business and government interests is developing a satellite to carry imaging spectrometers capable of differentiat…
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