ODDS `N’ SODS — Working on the railroad
During my 16 years in Timmins, Ont., I seemed to be involved with mine cars on a continual basis.Redesigning the cars at the Paymaster gold mine presented the biggest challenge I faced while working i…
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PRODUCER PRICES (April 14, 1997)
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,547 per tonne, alloy $1,444 per tonne (April 8/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$2,200 per tonne (April 1/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.11 per lb. (Apri…
Sunshine reports bright quarterly output
Sunshine Mining & Refining (SSC-N) posted its second consecutive quarter of record production at its namesake mine in northern Idaho.In the first three months of 1997, Sunshine cranked out 901,000 oz….
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Ventures adds to Alaskan holdings
Ventures Resource (VRS-V) is expanding its holdings in the Donlin Creek area of west-Central Alaska.The junior and two majors, Placer Dome (PDG-T) and Cominco (CLT-T), are rapidly acquiring land follo…
GEOLOGY 101 — Epithermal deposits, Part 2
Epithermal gold deposits, which contribute significantly to the world’s gold supply, are an important exploration target which must be evaluated carefully based on the amount of metal they might provi…
Santa Fe, Newmont set date for merger vote
Shareholders of Santa Fe Pacific Gold (GLD-N) will meet in a special meeting on May 5 in Albuquerque, N.M., to discuss a proposed merger with Newmont Mining (NEM-N).Newmont and its 91%-owned subsidiar…
NovaWest options Raglan properties
Vancouver-based NovaWest Resources (NVE-V) is optioning five additional properties in the Raglan nickel-Copper-platinum camp on the Ungava peninsula of northern Quebec.The newly acquired properties co…
Sur American Gold postpones $8.5-Million financing
Sur American Gold (SUR-A) has postponed its recently announced $8.55-Million financing in light of the ongoing market turmoil surrounding Bre-X Minerals (BXM-T).The financing, along with $2.4 million …
Houston Lake extends gold zone at Dogpaw Lake — Junior company options formerly producing Arrow and Vimy mines
Drilling on the Dogpaw Lake property in northwestern Ontario has enabled Houston Lake Mining (HLM-A) to more than double the known strike length of gold mineralization.Houston Lake holds an option to …
Cons. Callinan returns mixed results from Lynn Lake
Diamond drilling at the Lynn Lake property near Flin Flon, Man., has returned lower gold grades and higher base metal values than previous intercepts.The assays also confirmed the continuity of minera…
Southern Peru gets funds for expansion
Having arranged a multi-Million-dollar loan, Southern Peru Copper (PCU-N) is embarking on a program aimed at expanding and modifying its operations.The first stage in the project calls for expansion o…