Can-Mac official fined for trading violations
Fredrick Semkowich, the secretary-treasurer and major shareholder of Can-Mac Explorations (VSE) pleaded guilty to one count of trading in securities during distribution while without a receipt for a p…
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Falconbridge settlement
Clerical and technical workers at Falconbridge Ltd.’s (TSE) Sudbury, Ont., operations recently voted in favor of a new 3-year contract which a union representative says is among the most generous ever…
Junior base metal explorers reviving
As gold and silver prices continue relentlessly downward, the number of juniors active in base metals exploration is on the rise. Concern over dwindling base metal reserves in Canada has shifted a cer…
Platinova active in assorted plays
Assorted mineral projects in three countries are keeping Toronto-based Platinova Resources (TSE) busy. In Greenland, the junior is active in three plays, one involving gold- platinum, a second involvi…
Gibraltar earnings best in eight years
The continued strength of copper prices into 1989 has Gibraltar Mines (TSE) tallying up the highest quarterly earnings in eight years from its mining operations near Williams Lake, B.C. The Placer Dom…
Books (May 08, 1989)
Canadian Mines: Perspective from 1988 — Production, Reserves, Development and Exploration. Mineral Bulletin MR 221. Prepayment $9(C); other countries $10.80(C) Canadian Government Publishing Centre, …
Galactic Res. struggles to shake “one-mine” image
Wounded by the failure to deliver on promises made at its Summitville gold mine in Colorado, Galactic Resources (TSE) and its ebullient chairman, Robert Friedland, have faced the brunt of investor dis…
Kam-Kotia capable of paying loan
Toronto-based Kam-Kotia Mines (TSE) has enough cash on hand to pay off a $3.5 million bank loan it negotiated a year ago to help acquire a sodium sulphate business in Saskatchewan, President John Kach…
Record first quarter for American Barrick
Thanks to a lucrative hedging program and expanded gold production at seven North American mines, American Barrick Resources (TSE) achieved record earnings and cash flow during the first quarter of 19…
Homestake earnings battered by higher costs
Higher production costs and lower gold prices have hurt the first-quarter earnings of Homestake Mining (NYSE) for 1989. The company saw its net income decline to $7.1 million(US), or 7 cents a share,…
Battle Mountain earnings lower
Battle Mountain Gold (NYSE) reported net income of $10.8 million(US) or 16 cents per share in the first quarter of 1989 compared to $15.8 million or 24 cents last year. The decrease was largely attr…
Oneida’s Mexican Hat bet optioned by Placer Dome
The American subsidiary of Placer Dome Inc. (TSE) has acquired an option on Oneida Resources’ (VSE) Mexican Hat gold property in Arizona. Placer has the right to earn a 60% interest by buying 400,000 …