CANMET to license processing program
After 10 years of research, the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET) is ready to license its new ore processing computer program. Computer Aided Mineral Processing (CAMP) will make…
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Ventex options claims near Lac St. Jean
Timmins-based Ventex Energy Ltd. (VSE) has acquired the right to earn a 25% interest in 247 claims in the Lac St. Jean area of Quebec. The vendor, 133872 Canada Inc., is a private company controlled b…
Alberta Stock Exchange Volumes remain low
Investors stayed away in droves this week as the price of gold fell to a 3-year low of $359(US) per oz. As a result, placer gold explorer Integrated Resources of Edmonton, was the session’s biggest tr…
Oil and gas sustain Total Energold
First quarter financial results for Total Energold Corp. (TSE) show a net loss of $504,000 or 2 cents a share compared with a loss of $2.4 million or 10 cents a share in the comparable period of 198…
Canamax layoffs fuel merger rumor
Recently, executives at Canamax Resources (TSE) Toronto office were neither confirming nor denying a rumor that the company will be merged with Vancouver-based Canada Tungsten Mining Corp. (TSE). The …
NovaGold to sell projects
NovaGold Resources (TSE) has signed an agreement with Orex Explorations (ME) to sell its interest in the Goldenville and Cochrane Hill gold projects in Nova Scotia. Orex has the right to buy a 70% int…
Declining gold prices affect Breakwater earnings
Gold’s dismal price performance has taken its toll on the 1989 first-quarter financial results of Breakwater Resources (TSE). The company’s earnings declined to $890,000 or 3 cents per share for the …
Louvem, Cambior close mine deal
The sale by Louvem Mines (TSE) of a 50% interest in the Chimo gold mine at Val d’Or, Que., to Cambior Inc. (TSE) has been concluded, the companies report. Cambior paid $4 million and provided a gold l…
Shipping concentrate to Sherritt Nickel mine opens in Timmins
Concentrates from the Redstone nickel mine — Ontario’s newest — are being shipped to Sherritt Gordon Ltd.’s (TSE) nickel refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. Situated near Timmins, Ont., the Redston…
Montreal Exchange Orex in buying mood
The summer slowdown may have arrived early on the ME, where daily trading volumes during the holiday-shortened week ranged between 4.6 million and five million shares. The market portfolio squeaked ou…
Gold prices reduce Newmont Mining profits
First-quarter financial results of Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE) show net income of $9.4 million(US) or 14 cents a share compared with earnings of $114.4 million for the same period last year. The 1988…
Hanna’s profit increases 24% to 13.8 million
M. A. Hanna Co. (NYSE) saw its profit increase by 24% to $13.8 million(US) in the first quarter of this year from $11.1 million during the same period last year. Net income from operations was 54 cent…