Timmins camp bustling with exploration activity
Commodity prices may be down, but encouraging exploration results are giving cheer to several juniors exploring in the Timmins region of northern Ontario.At the Half Moon Lake project, Prospectors All…
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Companies (October 05, 1998)
Aber ResourcesAfrican GemstonesAlberta EnergyAllican ResourcesAmerican CopperAmeridex MineralsApex Silver MinesArchangel DiamondAriel ResourcesAsarcoAshton Mining of CanadaAsia SapphiresAt…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — Former New Senator seeks ‘prairie gold’
I am seeking assistance in locating a very small mining company that operated in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Alberta in the mid-to-late 1960s. My father passed away in 1968, but ju…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — INSIDER TRADING — Homestake’s largest investor boosts holdings
German investor August von Finck has increased his ownership in Homestake Mining (HM-N) by purchasing 8.7 million shares at US$10.21-11.21 per share.The acquisition boosts von Finck’s holdings to 30 m…
NEWS ROUNDUP — High North bails out of Labrador
High North Resources (HNRI-C) has dropped its option to earn from Ungava Minerals (UNGV-C) a 50% interest in a 650-sq.-km copper-nickel property in northern Quebec.High North cites poor metals markets…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Geostatistics blameless in mine failures
Your editorial and article implicating geostatistics in recent mine failures has it all wrong (“Challenging geostatistics” and “Recent History reveals trends in mine failures,” T.N.M., Sept. 28-Oct. 4…
Canadian output of precious, base metals climbs
Canadian production of copper, nickel, lead, gold and silver increased between June 1997 and June 1998. However, output of non-ferrous commodities iron ore and asbestos was down over the same period.T…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — Environmentalists themselves a threat — Scaremongering
Notwithstanding a few notable exceptions, most self-described environmentalists are woefully ignorant of science. In fact, some are openly contemptuous of the discipline, which they blame for causing …
OBITUARIES — Samuel Amukun
Samuel Amukun, exploration manager for Northwest Explorations, has died. He was 57.Born in Ngora, in eastern Uganda, Amukum obtained a science degree at Colgate University in New York state while on a…
Noranda spinoff pleases taxman
A positive tax ruling by Revenue Canada is allowing Noranda (NOR-T) to complete the divestment of its forestry and energy assets.Last year, Noranda changed its strategy by deciding to focus solely on …
WBH nets Inmet $50m
At a recent auction, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) sold its wholly owned Austrian tungsten producer Wolfram Bergbau-und Hutten (WBH) to a private European holding company. In return, the Toronto-based company …
DIAMOND PAGE — Buffalo Hills JV puts dense media plant on hold
Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) and its partners in the Buffalo Hills joint venture have deferred construction of an on-site dense media separation (DMS) plant at their diamond project in north-centra…