A net loss of $4.6 million was reported by Skyline Gold (TSE) for 1991, compared with a loss of $46.1 million in 1990 which includes writedowns of $31.4 million for mining properties and $9.3 million …
Guest speaker at the Feb. 20 luncheon of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Toronto branch, will be Ian Telfer, Executive Vice-President of gold producer TVX Gold. Telfer’s to…
Queenston Mining (TSE) has signed a letter of intent to purchase 30.5%, or 3.5 million shares, of Thermal Exploration (ASE) at 35 cents per share. Thermal has a 50% interest in the Williams Creek copp…
“U.N. Earth Summit” (T.N.M., Jan. 20/92) incorrectly identified Kenneth McCready of TransAlta Utilities as spokesman for Canada’s mining industry at the June, 1992, United Nations Conference on Enviro…
Every week I read The Northern Miner hoping to see a change in the stability of the mining industry, and yet it never comes. The articles describing the bickering between the provincial and federal go…
Times are tough in Canada. Not only is the economy stalled in a recession, but even when the recovery comes, we will have to find our way in a global village where the street signs keep changing. To c…
A third drill rig has been added to the Benoit gold project in the Quevillon area northeast of Rouyn, Que., where Freewest Resources (TSE) made a significant gold discovery last winter. Two of the rig…
P.T. Inco, Inco’s (TSE) Indonesian division, produced a record amount of nickel in matte during 1991 75.9 million lb. compared with 59.6 million lb. in 1990. But despite the production increase, P.T. …
The total value of mineral production in Canada in 1991 decreased by 14.6%, or about $6 billion, from the 1990 level, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada (EMR) reports. EMR said this decline was mainly…
The Paymaster gold project at Timmins, Ont., faces an uncertain future now that Placer Dome (TSE) has decided to take a $31-million writedown on the value of its interest in the property. Although Pla…
Management of Princeton Mining (TSE) recently stated that the appointment of a receiver for its wholly owned subsidiary, Cassiar Mining, will not affect its other business activities. The British Colu…
William Dickie, a director of Toronto-based Goldhunter Explorations (ASE), was active in the stock market recently. According to the Ontario Securities Commission OSC Bulletin, Dickie bought 130,000 s…
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