GUEST COLUMN — Industry must promote its image
My time in the mining industry is approaching half a century. There have been many changes, mostly for the better. When I started underground, the pick and shovel were still widely used tools. On smal…
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MNDM opens Toronto centre
Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines officially opened its new Mines and Minerals Information Centre in the Macdonald Block, 900 Bay St., Toronto, Oct. 5. With the ministry relocated t…
CIM to address timely issues
A panel of experts will address such issues as market cycles and reserves replacement on Jan. 21, 1993, at a mineral economics symposium hosted by the Mineral Economics Society of the Canadian Institu…
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (October 12, 1992)
Oct.6 Oct.5 Oct.2 Oct.1 Sept.30 High Low Composite”300″3227.53 3231.07 3275.04 3297.88 3327.24 4009.47 3009.91 Metals&Minerals 2706.47 2736.48 2792.58 2830.96 2841.07 3453.06 2502.63 Integrated Mines2…
Once turned down by majors, Echo Bay’s Lupin turns ten
Despite a preliminary estimate of more than one million tons of ore grading half an ounce of gold per ton, there were no takers. Even when gold started its upward climb from US$40 per oz. in 1970 to a…
PEOPLE — VENTUREX RESOURCES
Jordan Ethans, Douglas Mason and D. Horton elected directors; Jordan Ethans appointed president. N5…
PEOPLE — KANCANA VENTURES
Eugene Larabie appointed president/director; Joe Markevitch appointed director. N5…
PEOPLE — JORDEX RESOURCES (October 12, 1992)
Brian Hinchcliffe elected president/director; S. Kostuik, Andrew Milligan and David De Witt appointed directors. N5…
Goldstack plans Utah drilling
Goldstack Resources (VSE) has announced that drilling will commence immediately at its Goldhill property in Utah. The first drill target will be the Kiewit prospect where surface sampling has returned…
Canaco options Quebec gold property
Ressources Minieres Canaco (MSE) has signed an agreement allowing it to acquire a 50% interest in First Standard Mining’s (VSE) Val St-Gilles gold property north of Lasarre, Que. To earn its interest,…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Placer Dome dispels rumor
Your stock market report (T.N.M., Oct. 5/92) claims “the word on the street” is that Placer Dome “is planning to put an end to exploration in Canada in favor of overseas projects.” Nothing could be fu…
PRODUCER PRICES (October 12, 1992)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US57.80-58.50 cents per lb. (Sept. 24, 1992). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (Jun. 11, 19…