San Gold drills Bissett project
Winnipeg Stock Exchange-listed San Gold Resources (SGR-W) is encouraged by results from an ongoing drill program at its Bissett area gold project in northern Manitoba.Results from recent drilling incl…
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Production up at San Francisco
Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) has boosted production by one-third at its San Francisco gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state.During the three months ended Sept. 30, the mine churned out 17,150 oz. gold, …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Paternal spring
In the spring of my first year at Central Manitoba Mines, in 1925, I took my eldest boy, Hod, out of school and into the gold camp with me. He was overgrown for his age, not yet 16, and I thought a pe…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — Caledonia looks to regain listing
Toronto-based Caledonia Mining has been dropped from the Nasdaq board for failure to keep its head above the minimum trading level of US$1.However, the company is negotiating with CIBC Wood Gundy to r…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — Glamis acquires Mar-West
Reno, Nev.-based Glamis Gold (GLG-T) has acquired Mar-West Resources.Glamis issued 7.5 million shares and paid $6.7 million cash to complete the deal. For every two shares held, stockholders of Mar-We…
THE NORTHERN MINER — SMALL PRODUCERS INDEX (October 26, 1998)
96.63 (-1.20)(Sept 30/98 = 100)…
Winspear, Aber expand Camsell Lake’s potential
The final five holes of the fall drilling program have expanded the tonnage potential of the NW Snap Lake dyke at the Camsell Lake property in the Northwest Territories.The drilling has been suspended…
Juniors step up pace in Newfoundland — Altius, Noveder among companies involved in grassroots programs
While exploration activity may have cooled in Labrador, across the Strait of Belle Isle in Newfoundland many juniors and majors are once again targetting base metal and gold prospects.What follows is …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Ekati opening reason to celebrate — How sweet it is!
They said it couldn’t be done. They said caribou herds and other wildlife would be at risk. They warned that fish habitat would be lost, that lakes would be drained, and that the aboriginal way of lif…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — INSIDER TRADING — Low metal prices spur insider buying spree
Recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission show that executives in several companies are taking advantage of the market downturn to pick up cheap shares in their respective compan…
LME WHSE LEVELS (October 26, 1998)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Oct. 20/98 (change from Oct. 13 in brackets):MetalStocks (tonnes)Change…
Ken Snyder mine nears completion
In the early 1990s, geologist Ken Snyder stood on a windswept hilltop near this old mining town and told Pierre Lassonde and Seymour Schulich, founders of royalty sisters Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) a…