Encouraging results by Orofino, Canuc
Completion of a 20-hole summer drilling program representing 5,733 ft at the Coronation Gulf gold project in the Northwest Territories was recently reported by Orofino Resources (TSE). Seventeen holes…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
IOCC GOLD OPTIONS (August 28, 1989)
Options Open Series Volume Last Interest Aug 370 C 183 0.10 Nov 440 C 135 0.50 715 Nov 380 C 134 8.00 2,481 Nov 390 C 127 5.50 2,159 Nov 400 C 63 2.50 …
Historic plaque tuide
History buffs will be interested in a new publication listing the more than 1,000 historical plaques in Ontario. Many of the plaques deal with the province’s rich mining heritage. Examples include a p…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Pezim revives beleaguered VSE
With the help of some spectacular assay results from the Eskay Creek gold project in northwestern British Columbia, Vancouver’s irrepressible Murray Pezim is credited with being a one man revival band…
FUTURES PRICES (August 28, 1989)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Aug125.70 125.30 125.15 + 3.30 Sep126.20 124.20 125.35 + 3.85 Dec122.20 120.80 121.85…
Managing Canada’s Mines Keeping it simple the key to Cameco’s
Th Sta Lak gol min a L Ronge Sask. i goo exampl o ho cos t-consciou managemen ca ge th jo don efficientl by keeping things simp le and prudent. That’ ho Camec brough Sta Lak int product…
Aur estimates reserves of 18 million tons at 2.8% copper, 2.8%
Toronto-based Aur Resources (TSE) has attempted to put an end to speculation regarding the size of its 50%-owned Louvicourt Twp. base metal discovery by announcing a preliminary reserve estimate. Usin…
Aur suing for $81 million as Louvem mum on law suit
The already frosty relations between Aur Resources (TSE) and Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE) are expected to get a shade cooler following news that Aur has launched a second lawsuit against its Quebec- b…
Cominco group to develop Chilean copper mine
A bid by Cominco Resources International (TSE) and parent company Cominco Ltd. (TSE) to develop the Quebrada Blanca copper deposit in northern Chile was recently accepted by ENAMI, a Chilean governmen…
See Eagle River last paragraph
Hemlo Gold this week acquired an additional 486,600 shares of Central Crude at an undisclosed price through a private purchase agreement with an unspecified seller. Shares of Central Crude have traded…
Spot prices at a glance (August 28, 1989)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold*$366.80–$0.80 Silver*$5.23–$0.01 Platinum*$485.35–$2.65 Nickel**$5.65–$0.34 Lead**$0.32+$0.00 Copper$1.31+$0.05 Zinc$0.88+$0.05 Courtesy of Scotiabank. Information…
Controversy growing over Shoal Lake mine
A confrontation over interprovincial jurisdiction on environmental matters relating to a proposed gold mine at Shoal Lake, Ont., is certain to be one of the issues raised at a mines ministers’ confere…