TSE Short Positions (May 18, 1992)
Semi-monthly reports as of April 30, showed 25,039,057 shares of 599 issues compared with 26,377,283 shares of 619 issues on April 15. Larger individual positions included: Amax Gold 18,400, down 103,…
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Kookaburra reviews Longshot assays
Drilling on the Longshot Ridge copper oxide project owned by Kookaburra Gold (VSE) was recently completed with assays for four of 10 holes released. Rennie Blair, president, said the company drilled o…
Kerr Addison in red after writedown
Toronto-based Kerr Addison Mines (TSE) was forced to break out the red ink in the first quarter of 1992 after taking a $3.2-million writedown on its 46% stake in zinc exploration company RFC Finance (…
New concepts in drilling
Thermally stable polycrystalline diamond has been available to the drilling industry for a number of years now and cutters manufactured from this material have been found to perform extremely well in …
BP Canada up for sale
The control position of BP Canada (TSE) is being sold by oil and gas parent British Petroleum. BP will sell its 56.9% interest in BP Canada for $374 million. Brokerage house RBC Dominion Securities is…
Placer’s high-cost mines at risk
Placer Dome’s (TSE) “gross strategy” in the months ahead will be to undercut worldwide average production costs of US$265 at all of its mines while maintaining gold production, President Tony Petrina …
NEWS IN BRIEF (May 11, 1992)
Premier Gold Resources Inc. (PGL:VSE) has changed its name to Cryptic Ventures Inc. (CYV:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Pacific Corporate …
PEOPLE (May 11, 1992)
David Townley appointed president; David Birkenshaw, James Beatty, Greg Bowes, David Hall, David Knight, Frank Lang and David Townley appointed directors.
CORRECTION (May 11, 1992)
TVX Gold (TSE) director Glenn Ives recently bought 1,000 shares of the company for $3.40 to hold 1,000 directly. Incorrect information was reported in the May 4 issue of The Northern Miner.
U.S.REPORT (May 11, 1992)
The sale of subsidiary Tenneco Minerals to Solvay America for US$500 million in cash was announced recently by Tenneco Inc. of Houston. Tenneco Minerals mines and processes trona ore to produce soda a…
Shipping lane could prompt boom north of Yellowknife
The MV Arctic set sail this week from Halifax en route to the Nanisivik terminal on Baffin Island to pick up about 25,000 tonnes of lead and zinc concentrates before heading to Europe. In June, the sh…
Mixed results from drilling at Contact Lake
Widely-spaced holes designed to test the Muskeg and Owl showings on the Contact Lake gold property in northern Saskatchewan have all returned uneconomic intersections, says partner Westward Exploratio…