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Montreal Exchange Producers make gains

Wednesday close, August 27 Gold producers were generally trading at higher prices on the Montreal exchange this week where the total volume of shares traded was a low 5,526,000. Aiguebelle Resources I…


Syngold completes sale of shares

Syngold Exploration has completed the sale of 1.1 million common shares at a price of 80 cents per share and of $2.5 million of deposit receipts. Purchasers of the deposit receipts will earn one comm…


Kentish Group active in ’86

The Kentish group of companies, headed by Jack Kentish, is planning an active exploration season in Quebec this year. Mid-Canada Gold and Copper Mines is planning to raise a total of $7 million via fl…


Siscoe has profit

United Siscoe Mines reports net income of $6,483,000, or $1.72 per share, after extraordinary item, for the six months ended June 30, with a loss of $1,513,000, or 40 cents a share, in the similar pe…


Drilling starts Lenora/Argentex

A diamond drill program aimed at determining the cause of a 10,000-ft geophysical anomaly has been started on the 340-claim property of Lenora Explorations and Argentex Resources Exploration Corp., in…


Rio bids A$3.9B for Riversdale

Rio Tinto (rio-n, rio-l) wants more coal: the major has offered A$3.9 billion for Riversdale Mining (riv-a), an Australian coal company with one mine in operation, one in construction, and one primed for development. Speculation of a takeover…


CMP ponders joint mill in Rouyn-Noranda area

An affiliate of the CMP Mineral Partnership is negotiating to build a major gold mill in the Rouyn- Noranda area that would serve up to four different properties. And, as The Northern Miner learned du…




Royex Gold/Int’l Corona may be operators at Jolu

If current negotiations are successful, Royex Gold Mining Corp. and International Corona will be appointed the operators of the Jolu property in the La Ronge gold belt of northern Saskatchewan. The ne…


Six-mopnth earnings down for Westmin

Continued weakness in metal prices and sharply lower oil prices are the main culprits behind the sharp drop in net earnings posted in the 6-month period ended June 30 by Westmin Resources.


More work on Adams Plateau

Izone International, one-third partner on the Adams Plateau joint venture, with Clifton Resources and Adams Exploration reports continuing exploration. Diamond drilling has tested one of four anomalou…


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