Canada, as the records in the bulky annual number of The Northern Miner revealed last month, is in the midst of a vast program of mineral development. Probably in no country in the world is mining and…
Cobalt, Ont., is justly Cfamous for its silver mines and the turn-of-the- century boom that made it the cradle of Canadian mining. It was a time of unbounded optimism and new developments in mineral p…
Lead surprised just about everyone when it averaged 27 (US) per lb on the London Metals Exchange during 1987, an increase over 18 in 1986. It was a turnaround year for the metal, the price of which ha…
Nippon Mining Company, Japan’s largest producer of copper, is now exploring for precious metals in North America through a subsidiary based in Reno, Nev. A few years ago, Nippon made the decision to b…
An Imperial Metals Corp. (TSE) subsidiary, Anglesey Mining, has encountered zinc-bearing sulphide mineralization in a pilot hole at its Parys Mountain property in North Wales, U.K. The test hole was p…
The bull market in copper doesn’t seem to want to go away. The base metal, which was selling above $1.40(US) per lb at the end of 1987 and has been selling in the $1 range for a good part of this year…
Anderson Expl. — BC Sugar Refinery bought 164,706 (Sept, private) to hold 3,684,848. Kerr Addison bought 392,157 (Sept, private) to hold 6,202,281. Atlantic Goldfields — A. Howe sold 257,000 to hold…
An ambitious 17-year mine tailings project which could see the recovery of 110,000 oz gold during the first full year of operation in 1989 has been officially placed into production by ERG Resources (…
A spate of buying has crept back in the markets as evidenced by the steady gains in the composite index. Today’s 5.67-pt advance moved the composite to 3,430.15 pts — up 50 pts for the week. Today’s …
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Copper (in UScents per lb Oct 141.00 139.10 139.40 +1.40 Dec 137.50 130.50 134.40 +6.60 Jan 132.00 130.00 128.40 — Silver (in US cents per oz) Oct …
South African-controlled Inspiration Resources (TSE) of New York is playing hardball with the Manitoba and federal governments over a $130-million modernization plan for the metallurgical complex in F…
With its recently acquired Similco copper mine (N.M., Oct 10/88) contributing $5.9 million to third quarter earnings, 1988 is shaping up to be a very profitable year for Cassiar Mining (TSE). Net earn…
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