Fee changes, MDA may spark Alberta exploration
Mineral exploration has suddenly become affordable in Alberta with the provincial government’s decision to temporarily waive a $10-per-hectare deposit on exploration permits. And a first-ever Minerals…
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NEWS ROUNDUP — Fairfield sells ore to Noranda
A 570-ton shipment of high-grade gold ore from the Siwash North gold deposit owned by Fairfield Minerals (TSE) is on its way to the Horne smelter in Quebec. The shipment is estimated to contain 2,000 …
Mining celebrities
The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum in the U.S. will induct 12 new members Oct. 18 at the Desert Inn and Country Club in Las Vegas, Nev.
Kookaburra takes option on copper projects in Ecuador
A recent option agreement sets the stage for Kookaburra Gold (VSE) to acquire up to a 65% undivided interest in each of the Chaucha and Fierro Urco copper porphyry projects in Ecuador. The junior sign…
BOOKS IN REVIEW — Non-placer gold output levels off
Active Canadian Gold Mines. Published by Metals Economics Group. P.O. Box 2206, Halifax, N.S. B3J 3C4. 500 pages. US$1,600. Canada’s Non-placer gold output levelled off at five million ounces last yea…
Majors drilling Gold Giant projects
Surface drill programs will be carried out this summer to test previously defined gold and polymetallic targets on the Nizi and Snoball properties in northwestern British Columbia. The program on the …
Musto explores Argentine deposit
Major companies are giving Argentina’s mineral potential a closer look now that a capitalist revolution has taken root in the South American country. But the first foreign company to begin a major min…
LATIN AMERICA ROUNDUP — Minproc facility for oxide ore
A wholly owned Chilean subsidiary of Minproc Engineers Inc. of Denver has been awarded a lump sum turnkey contract for the design and construction of an oxide ore treatment plant in the South American…
United Reef soars on diamond play
Diamond fever has struck a dormant TSE-listed penny mining stock with a vengeance. United Reef Petroleums (TSE), which a few weeks ago sold at 2 cents a share, has soared to 42 cents on heavy volume, …
NEWS ROUNDUP — Good news from Battle zone stepout
The latest hole drilled by Westmin Resources (TSE) encountered 22.9 metres visually estimated to contain 2.5% copper and 18% zinc from the Battle zone discovery at its Myra Falls mine property near Ca…
Reconnaissance program led to Ulu gold discovery
Diamonds are not the only mineral commodity of interest to BHP Minerals Canada in Canada’s richly endowed Northwest Territories. For the past several years, the company has been actively exploring its…
PRODUCER PRICES (September 14, 1992)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US59.60-60.10 cents per lb. (Aug. 27, 1992). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (Jun. 11, 199…