EDITORIAL PAGE (June 15, 1992)
The average rate of inflation in the developing countries fell to 49.3% in 1991, from 104.7% in 1990, according to data in the April, 1992, issue of the International Monetary Fund’s International Fin…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
PEOPLE (June 15, 1992)
Frederick Lee appointed president.
NEWS ROUNDUP (June 15, 1992)
A study by The Gold Institute of Washington, D.C., says the U.S. Treasury is not an active participant in the gold market and that the country’s gold reserve is unlikely to be sold, or used in gold lo…
GUEST COLUMN (June 15, 1992)
What would you have if you had “hydrothermal gold-molybdenum deposition resulting from exsolution of volatile phases from a felsic magma with attendant alteration and brecciation”? The answer is, one …
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE INDICES (June 15, 1992)
June 9 June 8 June 5 June 4 June 3 High Low Composite”300″3386.09 3394.48 3392.56 3403.42 3407.34 4009.47 3009.91 Metals&Minerals 3193.57 3215.12 3202.90 3234.27 3157.17 3453.06 2502.63 Integrated Min…
NO HEADLINE (June 15, 1992)
The Canadian mining industry has one or two personalities who are always ready to make a statement. But there is one statement all miners have to make annually — the financial statement. It can be on…
ANNUAL REPORT REVIEW (June 15, 1992)
Public mining companies have considerable experience preparing a key section of an annual report called “management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations” (MD&A). …
LATIN AMERICA (June 15, 1992)
A recently signed agreement between Orvana Minerals (VSE) and Noranda (TSE) will result in the two companies exploring for porphyry copper-gold deposits in Chile under a 40-60 joint venture. An initia…
Bank calls Curragh’s Westray loan
The Westray coal mine’s fate is now in the hands of the federal government following a recent decision by the Bank of Nova Scotia to call in a $95-million loan to Curragh (TSE). After closing the mine…
Silver demand outstrips supply
Demand for silver in 1991 outstripped supply for the second consecutive year, and forecasts for 1992 indicate further widening of this gap, reports The Silver Institute of Washington, D.C., in its Wor…
Gibraltar testing North zone
A 25,000-ft. drilling program recently started on the Jan/Summit claims owned by Newcoast Silver Mines (VSE) and Gibraltar Mines (TSE). Newcoast holds a 30% net profits interest in the claims with Gib…
List of players joining rush for diamonds growing daily
A handful of new players joined the hunt for diamonds in both the Northwest Territories and northern Ontario during the first week of June as experts retained by BHP-Utah Mines and Dia Met Minerals (V…