Overseas Platinum gets Ecuador gold property
Joint venture partners Overseas Platinum and Wright Engineers have acquired the Las Playas gold-platinum placer prospect in Ecuador. The property was purchased for 100,000 shares and a commitment to s…
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Sphinx funding
Agreements with two partnerships has netted Sphinx Exploration of Val d’Or, Que., $600,000 in exploration funding, the company reports. Financing of $300,000 was obtained from each of cmp Limited Reso…
Vauquelin increases West block reserves
Probable reserves of 140,000 tons grading 0.18 oz gold per ton and possible reserves of 260,000 tons grading 0.19 oz have been reported by Vauquelin Mines from the West block of the company’s prope…
Lacana, Exador find new gold zone at Acad’or bet
A significant zone of gold mineralization has been located on the Acad’or gold-silver property in northern New Brunswick, near Bathurst, joint venture partners Lacana Mining and Exador Resources repor…
Husky and SMDC to go underground
Equal partners Saskatchewan Mining Development Corp. and Husky Oil are planning an underground exploration program on their Laurel Lake gold property at Amisk Lake, Sask. Pending the results of the un…
Western Quebec purchases stake in mining projects
Western Quebec Mines has signed an agreement with one of its major shareholders, Valmag Inc., to purchase Valmag’s interest in two mineral properties known as the Shawkey and Shawkey South. The Shawke…
Equity Silver improves its financial position
The past year was good for Equity Silver Mines. As well as paying off its bank debt and paying dividends to shareholders for the first time, the company reports it substantially improved its financial…
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 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…
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…
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 …
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…