EDITORIAL PAGE — The value of risk capital
An interim report from the commission probing both the Vancouver Stock Exchange and the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) provides interesting and, dare we say, encouraging insights into t…
News
Westray managers may face legal bills of $1/2-m or more
A provincial court judge in New Glasgow, N.S., has dismissed defence motions to have criminal charges against Curragh (TSE) and two mine managers thrown out. The mining company and managers Gerald Phi…
LAST BUT NOT LEAST… — Copper found at Mainstreet project
Three holes drilled by Aur Resources (TSE) on the Mainstreet property, east of Val d’Or, Que., have intersected stringer copper mineralization, reports property owner Beaufield Consolidated Resources …
GOLD FUNDS (November 01, 1993)
Gold Funds as of Oct. 26 BGR Central Net Value $14.50 $6.07 Price $13.50 $6.75 Premium 11.2% Discount 6.90% Value $81,228,000 $122,170,275…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Euro-Nevada issues 1.1 million units
Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) is going to the market with a minimum 1.1-million-unit issue of common shares and warrants. Each unit will be priced at $38 and the common share purchase warrants will be exch…
Metals sub-index drops to lowest level since 1987
The metal and mineral sub-index of The Bank of Nova Scotia’s commodity price index fell in August, hitting its lowest level since early 1987. Economist Patricia Mohr reports that prices for zinc, alum…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Diamond investor urges patience
I am an individual investor who would like to help restore the confidence of diamond stock investors. Investors should be asking the following questions: Is the current price decline of Canadian diamo…
LAST BUT NOT LEAST… — T & H exploring near Damoti Lake
Toronto-listed T & H Resources is exploring a 627-hectare gold property at Damoti Lake, within the prospective Indin Lake Greenstone Belt, 175 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T. The BR-2 property, as…
ODDS’N’SODS — Patience has its own rewards
At last the Quirke mine and mill in Elliot Lake, Ont., started into production in the summer of 1956. Expectations were high with the anticipated precipitation of “yellow cake,” or uranium oxide, from…
Goldquest merging with Dickenson subsidiary
Toronto-listed Dickenson Mines has proposed that a wholly owned subsidiary amalgamate with Goldquest Exploration (CDN). Goldquest shareholders would receive Dickenson class A shares at an exchange rat…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Don’t ignore your contacts
Would you believe that the exploration departments of many junior and senior mining firms do not acknowledge letters of proposals or submissions from prospectors, promoters and geologists? As time mar…
PEOPLE — SEINE RIVER (November 01, 1993)
William Calsbeck appointed vice-president, investor relations.