A provincial court judge in New Glasgow, N.S., has dismissed defence motions to have criminal charges against Curragh (TSE) and two mine managers thrown out. The mining company and managers Gerald Phi…
The metal and mineral sub-index of The Bank of Nova Scotia’s commodity price index fell in August, hitting its lowest level since early 1987. Economist Patricia Mohr reports that prices for zinc, alum…
I am an individual investor who would like to help restore the confidence of diamond stock investors. Investors should be asking the following questions: Is the current price decline of Canadian diamo…
Your interesting commentary on the erosion of diamond pipes (“Pipes susceptible to erosion,” T.N.M., Oct. 11/93) makes it difficult to understand your newspaper’s cavalier dismissal of recent releases…
Toronto ’94 promises to be a “really big show” when it convenes next May. Four events will take place May 1-4 under the Toronto ’94 banner: * the 96th annual general meeting of the Canadian Institute …
Tim Bettger and Al Shearing have been charged with seven acts of violence related to the ongoing labor dispute at the Giant gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T. The former mine employees are members of Lo…
Semi-monthly reports as of Oct 15, showed 73,370,624 shares of 797 issues compared with 82,769,360 shares of 773 issues on Sept 30. Larger individual positions included: Aber 127,000; Agnico-Eagle 93,…
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US51.50-52.50 cents per lb. (Oct. 21, 1993). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US76-80 cents per lb. (June 10, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.65 per lb. (Sept. 23, 19…
Quebec gold-copper producer MSV Resources (ME) reports major increases in output during the third quarter. Gold production from its Chibougamau projects jumped by 33% to 13,271 oz., and copper product…
I have been researching books on the Canadian mining industry and find that I’ve been able to locate only a few. Perhaps readers of The Northern Miner might know of some that I have overlooked. If any…
Cominco (VSE) has exercised a right of first refusal to acquire 1.2 million shares of Global Stone, an industrial minerals company based in Vancouver, B.C. At the same time, Cominco has arranged for t…
Three holes drilled by Aur Resources (TSE) on the Mainstreet property, east of Val d’Or, Que., have intersected stringer copper mineralization, reports property owner Beaufield Consolidated Resources …
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