Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (January 18, 1988)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 89.00 cents -91.00 cents per lb. (Jan 7, 1988). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.12-$1.16 per lb. (Dec 10, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.70-$4.80 per lb. (Nov 19, 1987). CADM…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
ATLANTIC REPORT Credibility for Nova Scotia
The recent takeover bid for Halifax-based Seabright Resources by the multi-billion-dollar Australian mining conglomerate Western Mining Corp. Holdings has finally given credibility to Nova Scotia’s Me…
Ark La Tex explores N.W.T. Sunset Lk. bet
Good drill results from a neighboring claim has moved Ark La Tex to take another look at its Sunset Lake prospect, located 70 miles east- northeast of Yellowknife. Ark La Tex has an option to earn 60%…
Terramar buys California company that owns a former gold producer
Terramar Resource Corp. has agreed to purchase Mount Gaines Resources, a California company whose principal asset is the old Mount Gains gold mine in California. Between 1853 and 1949, the mine produc…
Gold’s constant purchasing power gives it special status worldwide
Just about a year ago an event of great significance in the world of gold took place: the United States Mint, for the first time in a generation, struck a legal tender gold coin — the new U.S. Eagle,…
United Gunn anticipates Cuisson Lake dividends
High demand and low inventories have sent copper prices flying and it isn’t just the big producers who are benefiting. The ripples are spreading and one busy trader of late, United Gunn Resources, exp…
Murgold offering raises $690,000
Recently listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol mgd), Murgold Resources reports it has completed an offering yielding the company $690,000. Murgold, which also trades on the Vancouve…
COATS Trading Features (January 18, 1988)
Trading activity has improved on coats following the dismal performance recorded in November, 1987. During that month, the average daily value of shares traded fell to a record low of $1 million. Tota…
Trade dispute averts penalties
The threat of heavy penalty duties being imposed by the United States on Canadian potash in yet another trade dispute between the two countries has been averted. Under a new agreement negotiated betwe…
Aster funding
A financial offering worth $2.3 million was recently completed by Aster Exploration of Montreal. The company reports it has started exploration work on its Portage-du-Fort dolomite property located 55…
Pacific and Canamax drill high grade holes at Ketza
Drilling by partners Canamax Resources and Pacific Trans-Ocean Resources on their equally held Ketza River property in the Yukon, has encountered high-grade mineralization from an oxidized unit in the…
Frankfield to drill at Pickle Lake bet
Diamond drilling is expected to get under way this month on the recently acquired gold property of Frankfield Explorations in the Pickle Lake area of northwestern Ontario, President O. F. Carter tells…