Gitennes drilling Alumbre
Gitennes Exploration (GIT-T) has moved two drill rigs on to the Alumbre gold pect at its Virgen property in north-central Peru in an effort to determine the extent of mineralization. Further stepout d…
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Inmet looking for buyer for Antamina — Expansion planned for Troilus; Teck shares on block
Pressured by a September deadline to commit to the huge Antamina copper project in Chile, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) recently began talks with ten large base metal producers regarding a possible sale of its…
FINANCINGS (May 11, 1998)
Cimarron Minerals (CIU-V) has arranged a brokered private placement of 2 million special warrants at 32cents each, for gross proceeds of $640,000.Each special warrant is exchangeable for one share and…
Walsh’s Bahamian assets frozen by bankruptcy trustee
Deloitte and Touche, the accounting firm acting as bankruptcy trustee for Bre-X Minerals, has obtained a court order freezing the Bahamian assets of former Bre-X chairman David Walsh.The injunction, g…
Ecuadorian consolidates Gaby holdings
Zappa Resources (ZPA-V) is set to deal its interest in the Gaby gold deposit in southern Ecuador to Ecuadorian Minerals (EMC-T).In a deal valued at US$1.6 million, Ecuadorian would take sole interest …
Insider Trading Insiders tighten grip on World Wide
Senior management of World Wide Minerals (WWS-T) dramatically increased their stock in that company through private placements in March, according to insider trading reports released by the Ontario Se…
Abacus hits hot values at La Manchuria
Abacus Minerals (AMC-T) has received results from the first two holes of its recently completed first-phase drill program at the La Manchuria property in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province.Both holes enc…
LME Warehouse Levels (May 11, 1998)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Apr.28/98 (change from Apr. 21 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)Change…
Condor identifies kimberlite pipe
Initial results of till sampling have revealed highly anomalous kimberlite indicator minerals at the Kikerk Lake diamond project in the Northwest Territories.Condor International Resource (COD-V) repo…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (May 11, 1998)
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,414, alloy US$1,291 per tonne (May 5/98).Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,525 per tonne (May 5/98).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$3.90 per lb. (May 5/98)…
MINING MARKETS AND INVESTMENT NEWS — Eastern Markets — Precious metals slump while base metals languish
During the report period April 29-May 5, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index recovered from the previous period’s scare over interest-rate hikes. The index closed the period at 7,720.12, up…
MINING MARKETS AND INVESTMENT NEWS – Investment Commentary — Canaccord watches diamond development in Russia
A Russian diamond project involving Archangel Diamond (AAD-V) is being closely watched by Canaccord Capital’s resident diamond expert, David James.James rates the company a “speculative buy” and is pa…