Palladium maintains steady support
Not as volatile in the marketplace or as expensive as its sister- metal platinum, palladium nevertheless has achieved a following which is keeping its supply more or less in balance with demand. Tendi…
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Correction (December 05, 1988)
In a story on the United Western project in Arizona (N.M., Nov 28/88 Sun Valley rehabilitating United western mine shaft), Sun River Gold Corp. (VSE) is the company rehabilitating the Arizona Central …
Corona Corp.
Corona Corp. (TSE) has acquired 389,121 common shares of Breakwater Resources (VSE) pursuant to a private agreement. These share combined with the 3,869,900 common shares of Breakwater already owned b…
Vancouver Stock Exchange December blahs on the way
Trading activity remains sluggish in Vancouver, as evidenced by the VSE Index which at press time had tumbled to a new low of 799.68. To top that off, glitches in the VSE’s computerized trading system…
Editorial A worthwhile collection
Thanks to the efforts of some tireless volunteers and the generosity of several mining companies, Canada’s National Museum of Natural Sciences may soon be endowed with one of the most remarkable miner…
New massive sulphide find on Rambler bet
Recent trenching has encountered a new high grade copper showing on the Rambler properties near Baie Verte, Nfld. The Rambler project, currently the site of a $3.8-million exploration program, is a jo…
28th CIM conference
The 28th annual conference of metallurgists of CIM will be held in Halifax, N.S., on Aug 20-24, 1989. Papers are invited on general topics as well as the following: tailings and effluent management, p…
FUTURES PRICES Metal Prices (December 05, 1988)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US per lb.) Dec 154.50 151.00 153.50 + 10.70 Jan 144.00 143.30 144.00 — Mar 133.50 130.10 133.00 +…
Editorial Questionable ethics
Big business has been on the ropes lately, taking a beating for its perceived lack of ethics. Practitioners of capitalism, so the argument goes, follow no moral code whatsoever, save that of total sel…
Ghanorcan seeks funds, plans amalgamation
Seeking to obtain private placement financing of up to $2.25 million, Ghanorcan Resources of Toronto is also negotiating an amalgamation with Consolidated Thompson-Lundmark Gold Mines (TSE) and Quebec…
BATHURST AREA DEPOSITS (see map)
1. Nash Creek 2. Falls Gulch 3. Rocky Brook 4. Popelogan 5. McKenzie Gulch 6. Millstream West 7. Rocky Turn 8. Orvan Brook 9. Caribou mine 10. Murray Brook 11. Restigouche 12. Middle…
Gibraltar mine back in operation
Striking employees of Gibraltar Mines’ (TSE) copper mine and mill near Williams Lake, B.C. accepted an offer by the company to settle a 6 – month work stoppage. Art Brown, mine manager, said the propo…