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N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Sep 105.30 104.25 104.40 – 2.15 Oct 103.60 102.70 102.70 – 3.05 Nov 102.65 102.00 102.00 …. SILVER (in US cents…

Gonzales Gold Mines Ltd. (GZG:VSE) has changed its transfer agent to Pacific Corporate Trust Co.

A “no-staking” reserve covering part of the Eskay Creek area in northwestern British Columbia was lifted by the provincial government early in September. The 19,600-hectare reserve was imposed in Apri…

Horne Fault Mines plummeted during the week ended Sept. 17 after the company was given the option to acquire a 2.2% net smelter return on a tailings recovery operation in the southwest U.S. Trading 13…

Shares of Equinox Resources (TSE) have fallen slightly since results from the company’s Rosebud gold joint venture with LAC Minerals (TSE) drove the issue to a 52-week high of $3.25. But as indicated …

Matachewan Consolidated Mines (TSE) is preparing to defend itself against a recent government order to clean up tailings material that spilled into the Montreal River in October, 1990. To pay for the …

Less than a year after bringing its Oronorte property in Columbia into production, Greenstone Resources (TSE) is getting ready to hatch a second Latin American gold mine. At a capital cost of US$17.6 …

Activity in the Mishibishu Lake area of northern Ontario has come to a virtual standstill over the past year following a string of disappointments for the area’s two major players. This season, the on…

Closure of the Equity Silver (TSE) mining operation in British Columbia, forecast for the fourth quarter of 1992, will not herald the end of activity there, not by a long shot. Monitoring of the acidi…

Despite the current bleak conditions for junior mining in Quebec, some observers of the province’s mining scene have surprisingly bright forecasts for the future. “Quebec is one of the better places f…

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is a commodities market in London, England, that acts as a worldwide trading centre for metals. Producers and consumers use its daily official prices for lead, copper, …

Initial results from drilling on the Williams Creek property, 28 miles by road northwest of Carmacks, Yukon, indicate previous estimates of reserve tonnage and grade will be increased. Prior to beginn…