Letters to the Editor Negative column?
Enclosed are copies of a couple of mvp Capital Corp.’s weekly market bulletins by Ian McAvity. Their tables reflect significant market facts for gold investors. These I never would have suspected had …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Montreal Exchange: Prices in decline (February 08, 1988)
A falling gold price meant nothing but bad news for resource companies this week, with the mining and minerals index experiencing four consecutive days of decline, including an almost 46-pt drop one d…
Kam-Kotia selling Davis-Keays shares
Control of a company with an undeveloped copper property in northern British Columbia is being sold by Kam-Kotia Mines of Toronto to a numbered company in Vancouver. President of the numbered company …
COATS Trading Features (February 08, 1988)
A takeover offer for all the shares of Newfield Mines has been made by Toronto-listed Jonpol Explorations. Jonpol is offering one common share for each Newfield share. Jonpol ended the day at $1.90 wh…
Placer Dome continues working Talisman bet
Placer Dome, which has acquired a large property in the Swayze area of northeastern Ontario previously held by Algoma-Talisman Minerals, plans to complete 9,200 ft of drilling this year in 19 holes. D…
Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (February 08, 1988)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 90.50 cents -92.00 cents per lb. (Jan 21, 1988). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.14-$1.18 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.75-$4.85 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). CAD…
Placer pursues Laonil Lake property
Having completed a $1-million exploration program to earn 60% of Currie Rose Resources’ Laonil Lake gold property in northern Saskatchewan, Placer Dome is planning another sizeable drill program start…
Goldenbell progressing with Pine Tree project
With $28 million(US) in its treasury and access to a $35-million bullion facility, Goldenbell Re sources says it is adequately financed to bring the Pine Tree gold project in Mariposa Cty., Calif., in…
Teck mill to Highland Valley
The long dormant Highmont mill of Teck Corp. will be incorporated into the Highland Valley Copper partnership which until now only included Cominco Ltd. and Lornex Mining. Cominco and Lornex put their…
Cominco has a good year under Teck
Call it luck, good timing or good management — all three helped Cominco enjoy a very successful first year under Teck control. The luck Teck seems blessed with, good management it is renowned for, an…
News in Brief (February 08, 1988)
Breakwater Resources has completed the private placement of 276,000 flow-through shares at $6.325 per share for total proceeds of $1,745,700. The money will be used to fund exploration work on mineral…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Sluggish economy keeps gold down
Lower gold prices are having a very negative impact on the Vancouver market which has still not recovered from the Oct 19 crash. Analysts conclude that forward sales have probably capped gold prices f…