EDITORIAL PAGE — Mining and government (2)
During the past 100 years and more, the mining industry and the organizations which sprang up around it — the provincial associations, the Mining Association of Canada and the Prospectors and Develop…
News
Curragh facing uncertain future
Lead-zinc producer Curragh (TSE) may be near bankruptcy. The Toronto-based company, under protection from creditors and with no cash, will find out its fate Sept. 20 when unsecured creditors render th…
TSE Short Positions (September 20, 1993)
Semi-monthly reports as of Aug 31, showed 75,759,200 shares of 729 issues compared with 73,606,340 shares of 740 issues on Aug 15. Larger individual positions included: Aber 123,500; Agnico-Eagle 56,9…
EXPLORING FOR DIAMONDS AND THE NORTH — Aber program tests
With copper mineralization outcropping on surface and a spectacular gossan visible by air, it is easy to see how Kennecott geologists discovered the High Lake deposits with relative ease back in 1955….
EXPLORING FOR DIAMONDS AND THE NORTH — Haileybury school
About 70 participants, mainly geologists, prospectors and university students, recently attended a 1-day workshop on kimberlite exploration, at the Haileybury School of Mines in Haileybury, Ont. Title…
EXPLORING FOR DIAMONDS AND THE NORTH — Le Tac discovery
The story of how diamonds were discovered in Le Tac Twp. in northwestern Quebec includes a large amount of luck and is similar to earlier finds of mineral deposits in the Canadian Shield. So writes Wi…
N.W.T. Diamonds — BHP-Dia Met age-date kimberlites
The age of two Lac de Gras kimberlites has been disclosed by joint-venture partners BHP Minerals Canada and Dia Met Minerals (TSE). The partners were the first to discover potentially economic diamond…
Miners marching
Miners will be marching on Washington, D.C., next month in response to predictions that there will be Congressional mining law activity. The trips are being co-ordinated with the Mineral Resources All…
COMMENTARY — Foreign ownership in Latin America
During the 1990s, control by national governments of mineral resources and operating mines in many Latin America countries will decrease markedly and the percentage owned and controlled by foreign min…
Producer Prices (September 20, 1993)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US54.00-54.75 cents per lb. (Sept. 2, 1993). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US76-80 cents per lb. (June 10, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (June 11, 199…
Rio, Exxon team up in Wisconsin
Toronto-based major Rio Algom (TSE) and an Exxon Corp. subsidiary have joined forces to advance permitting of a 30-million-ton classic massive sulphide deposit in the north-central U.S. The deposit, n…
NEWS IN BRIEF (September 13, 1993)
Consolidated Heron Resources (CNS:VSE) has changed its name to Fintra Ventures (FVN:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.