In the belief that its shares are undervalued, Richmont Mines (RIC-T) has filed notice that it intends to make a normal course issuer bid to buy its shares on the Montreal and Toronto exchanges.Up to …
New York-based Asarco (AR-N) reported net earnings of US$24.3 million for the fourth quarter of 1996, compared with a net loss of US$11.3 in the same period of the previous year.For the full year, the…
Launched as a public company in 1990, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (POT-T) last year marked its sixth straight year of improved profits.As the company progressed through the year, each quarter p…
Joint-venture partners Greater Lenora Resources (GEN-T) and Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-T) are carrying out a geophysical program on the Bylund property to help define winter drill targets.The 50-5…
With the processing to date of half of the 1,600 till samples collected from the Royce Group property, 100 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T., GMD Resource (GMD-V) has identified nine separate indica…
A 70,000-ft. drill program will attempt to identify additional reserves at the Briggs gold mine of Canyon Resources (CAU-X) in California’s Panamint Valley.The mine, which entered production last year…
A 1,000-metre drill program will test the Tower Lake South and Halfmoon Lake anomalies identified by Golden Band Resources (GBN-V) at its properties in the Waddy Lake area of northern Saskatchewan.The…
A net loss of US$23 million was reported by Dakota Mining (DKT-T) for 1996, compared with a loss of about US$9 million in 1995.The Denver-based company says last year’s loss includes non-recurring exp…
South African mining giant JCI is moving to consolidate its interest in Australian junior Lone Star Exploration (LSE-V).By consolidating its current 19.9% interest with a 24% stake held by Kimberley D…
El Callao Mining (ECM-V) has completed a $2.5-million private placement with Bema Gold (BGO-T), its largest shareholder.Proceeds will be used to fund exploration of Lo Increible, the company’s 10,000-…
Net earnings of $10.2 million were reported by Novicourt (NOV-T) for 1996, compared with $21.5 million in the previous year.Novicourt, 60% of which is held by parent Noranda (NOR-T), says its 1996 res…
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index rose 36.94 points, or 3.04%, over the report period ended Feb. 18, to close at 1,250.65. The resource index gained 72.88 points, or 3.22%, to finish at 2,3…
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