Falco Gold sees future in Africa
With a sharp eye on costs, Falconbridge Gold (TSE) will be turning more and more to southern Africa (especially Zimbabwe) for its expanding exploration and production. “Regrettably, the company has re…
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Curragh shares are battered by Westray coal mine disaster
As rescue workers pulled more bodies from the depths of the Westray coal mine in Nova Scotia today, May 13, Curragh Resources continued its free fall, dropping 5 cents to $3.10. The latest decline fol…
Lakewood, Green Valley tumble; market in retreat
Western markets continued a trend of general weakness during the period ended May 12, with the Vancouver composite index sliding by more than five points to finish at 615.71. The resource index sat un…
TSE Short Positions (May 18, 1992)
Semi-monthly reports as of April 30, showed 25,039,057 shares of 599 issues compared with 26,377,283 shares of 619 issues on April 15. Larger individual positions included: Amax Gold 18,400, down 103,…
Kookaburra reviews Longshot assays
Drilling on the Longshot Ridge copper oxide project owned by Kookaburra Gold (VSE) was recently completed with assays for four of 10 holes released. Rennie Blair, president, said the company drilled o…
Kerr Addison in red after writedown
Toronto-based Kerr Addison Mines (TSE) was forced to break out the red ink in the first quarter of 1992 after taking a $3.2-million writedown on its 46% stake in zinc exploration company RFC Finance (…
New concepts in drilling
Thermally stable polycrystalline diamond has been available to the drilling industry for a number of years now and cutters manufactured from this material have been found to perform extremely well in …
BP Canada up for sale
The control position of BP Canada (TSE) is being sold by oil and gas parent British Petroleum. BP will sell its 56.9% interest in BP Canada for $374 million. Brokerage house RBC Dominion Securities is…
Placer’s high-cost mines at risk
Placer Dome’s (TSE) “gross strategy” in the months ahead will be to undercut worldwide average production costs of US$265 at all of its mines while maintaining gold production, President Tony Petrina …
GUEST COLUMN (May 18, 1992)
In your guest column “Geostatistics or voodoo science?” (T.N.M., April 20/92), Jan Merks advocates the new “grade-squared partition technique” as a more precise and realistic approach to reserve estim…
George Miller new chairman for Hall of Fame
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame has a new chairman. George Miller, president of the Mining Association of Canada, replaces Maurice Brown, who has chaired the Hall’s board of directors since the Hall’…
FINANCING (May 18, 1992)
Ventex Resources Corp – 1,500,000 shs offered @ 10 cents per sh. Arlo Resources Ltd – 700,000 shs offered @ 51 cents per sh. Loumic Resources Ltd – 400,000 unit consisting of 1 sh and 2 wt @ $1.11 per…