Breakwater aims to reverse losses
A loss of $3.6 million was reported by Breakwater Resources (TSE) for its 1991 third quarter ended Sept. 30, which brings losses for the first nine months of the year to $16 million. The company is co…
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Unlisted Trading (January 13, 1992)
Topping the list of most active issues for the week ended Jan. 7 was Horne Fault Mines, which gained 20 cents to close at 50 cents. The junior is hoping to start up a slag processing operation in Neva…
TVX director seller prior to price fall
TVX Gold (TSE) director Nigel Lees recently sold a portion of his holdings in the Toronto-based gold-silver miner at a substantial premium on the recent market price. In November, according to the Ont…
Golden Ring begins drilling
Field personnel and drill equipment were recently mobilized to the Bellas Gate property in Jamaica to test two advanced porphyry copper-gold targets and a new copper-gold-silver discovery. The project…
Westmin expands Battle zone
Ongoing drilling by Westmin Resources (TSE) is expanding the newly discovered Battle zone on the company’s Myra Falls mine property near Campbell River, B.C. The company recently obtained a fourth “sp…
Cameco exploration focus on gold, uranium
Uranium producer Cameco (TSE) plans to match last year’s exploration budget of $10-12 million in 1992, according to The Source, Cameco’s employee newsletter. While most of the money will be spent in N…
Cal Graphite shares
Cal Graphite (VSE), owner of a graphite project north of Huntsville, Ont., said it has agreed to sell 1.1 million common shares to Lindner Fund, an investment company based in St. Louis, Mo. The selli…
Falconbridge hits on Moneta ground
Drilling a 600-metre-long geophysical anomaly on Moneta Porcupine Mines’ (TSE) property in Godfrey Twp., near Timmins, Ont., Falconbridge intersected a narrow vein containing high-grade gold mineraliz…
FINANCING (January 13, 1992)
Bradsue Resources Ltd – 600,000 units consisting of 1 sh and 2 A wts offered @ 40 cents per unit. Canadian Comstock Exploration Ltd – 175,000 flow-through shs offered @ 45 cents per sh, also 325,000 n…
U.S. REPORT (January 13, 1992)
The final six holes of the 1991 drilling program on the Rosebud joint venture in Nevada were released by 51-49 partners LAC Minerals (TSE) and Equinox Resources (TSE). The drilling included infill and…
Gold still dominates U.S. exploration, role of juniors fades
Gold prices may not be what they were several years ago, but that isn’t stopping explorationists from concentrating their efforts on finding more of the precious metal in the western U.S. Indeed, gold…
Magnola project under review
The Magnola project in Quebec, aimed at developing a new magnesium production technology, is under review because of the excess capacity in the magnesium market and the economic environment, LavalinTe…