FUTURES PRICES Metal Prices (February 01, 1988)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Feb — — 110.80 — Mar 103.80 …
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What’s New ELECTRONIC BLASTER’S GUIDE
A new, pocket-size, full-featured electronic blaster’s guide is now available from Du Pont Canada’s Applied Technology & Blasting Services group. It is a programmable 16K computer that contains nine s…
50 Years Ago FEBRUARY, 1938 HAVE WE MADE THE MOST OF $35 GOLD?
Fifty-seven per cent of our gold mines have developed out of properties which had been abandoned or became otherwise dormant. Only 36 1/2 % have been de veloped directly and con tinuously from the ori…
Huldra stockpiling ore at Treasure Mtn.
An initial bulk sample from Huldra Silver’s Treasure Mountain property east of Hope, B.C., has netted the company $344,265. The 407-ton sample, obtained from surface mining of the C vein, was processe…
Suppliers’ Notes (February 01, 1988)
A new 480-page occupational safety and health catalogue is available from Toronto, Ont.-based Safety House of Canada. Safety House, one of Canada’s major suppliers of safety equipment, medical supplie…
Coal Association, Canmet fund new research study
A new study to jointly recommend new coal research and development plans will be funded by the Coal Association of Canada, and the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, (canmet). A joint an…
Westmin to operate Premier gold mine
When the Granduc Copper mine closed al most four years ago followed by Scottie Gold the town of Stewart prepared for the worst. But the last thing anybody should do is write off an historic mining tow…
Queries Dealer says buying gold is easy matter
I’ve read how easy it is to buy gold from a bank or trust company such as Guardian Trust. But how do you go about selling it? Is it easy to do? Do you have to pay any fees? J.K., Scarborough, Ont. Ac…
Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (February 01, 1988)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 89.50 cents -91.50 cents per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.14-$1.18 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.75-$4.85 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). CAD…
The 1987 Coal Review WESTAR
Vancouver-based Westar Mining is Canada’s largest exporter of metallurgical coal although it also exports thermal coal. The company is 66.6% owned by British Columbia Resources Investment Corp. and 33…
Important results from OGS study
Among the significant Ontario Geological Survey studies in the Northwest Region reported in the past year was the discovery of large areas of shallow oceanic platform sequences in several Ontario gree…
Letters to the Editor “My heart bleeds”
Re Juniors can’t afford red tape for speculators Jan 18: As one of the evil speculators who “hides behind a curtain,” etc., “in and out for a killing, or to rake the markets” whenever I get a chance, …