LAST BUT NOT LEAST — Eureka financing complete
Vancouver-listed Eureka Resources (VSE) has negotiated a private placement of slightly more than a million shares at 17 cents per share. The placement carried with it an option on an additional millio…
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LAST BUT NOT LEAST — Queenston completes placement
Toronto-listed junior Queenston Mining (TSE) has completed a Euro Equity offering with European investors for 441,000 units at 85 cents per unit. The units consist of one share and one warrant; two wa…
LAST BUT NOT LEAST — Hemlo options Labrador trough gold
Toronto-listed Hemlo Gold Mines can earn a half interest in Virginia Gold Mines’ (ME) Sagar III property in the Labrador trough area of Quebec. To do so, Hemlo must spend $2.5 million on exploration a…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — More drills are turning in Lac de Gras
Drilling is finally under way in the Humpy Lake region east of Lac de Gras, N.W.T. On Aug. 25, Pure Gold Resources (VSE) activated rigs on the Humpy No. 2 claim block, where the company will drill-tes…
Richmont acquires Camflo mill
For a nominal cash consideration and a commitment to cover eventual reclamation liabilities estimated at about $1.3 million, Richmont Mines (ME) now has its own gold mill. It is the old 1,400-ton-per-…
Open pit may be expanded at the Dome gold mine
At the Dome gold mine near Timmins, Ont., a feasibility study is in the works to determine the economics of expanding the open pit. It should be completed in the fourth quarter. Also under considerati…
GOLD FUNDS (September 06, 1993)
Gold Funds as of August 31 BGR Central Net Value $13.86 $6.15 Price $12.63 $6.500 Discount 8.94% 5.7% Value $77,659,000 $117,645,450…
OSC to appeal penny stocks ruling
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will appeal a judge’s ruling which struck down a policy aimed at controlling abuses in the sale of penny stocks. Justice Robert Blair of the general division of…
Viola MacMillan: 1903-1993 — Industry loses `queen bee’ of
A pioneer of the Canadian mining industry, Viola MacMillan, has died in Toronto. She was 90. A prospector who headed the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) for 21 years until the …
NEWS IN BRIEF (September 06, 1993)
Braemont Resources (BMZ:VSE) has changed its name to Lumby Resources Corp. (LBY:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis.
Franco, Euro acquire Carlin royalty
By paying US$5 million, Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) and Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) have jointly acquired a 4-9% net smelter return on the Dee mine and 5,000 surrounding acres in northern Nevada. The roya…
Short courses precede meeting
Two short courses will precede the Nov. 3-5 meeting of the Alaska Miners Association (AMA) in Anchorage. Topics of the 2-day short courses, to take place Nov. 1 and 2, will be “Precious metal-bearing …