Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inducts eight
The names of the eight individuals who will be inducted Jan. 6 into The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame were announced recently by the Hall’s board of directors. The eight inductees were chosen from a no…
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TSE Short Positions (December 30, 1991)
Semi-monthly reports as of December 15, showed 21,116,306 issues compared with 20,784,137 shares of 596 issues on November 30. Larger individual positions included: Amax Gold 252,800, up 37,100; Amer….
Second man faces insider charges
The son of an employee of Cambior (TSE) has had insider charges filed against him by the Quebec Securities Commission (QSC). The charges against Donald Ouellet relate to alleged use of insider informa…
Crown Butte ups gold content at 100% owned New World
An updated preliminary reserve estimate was released by Crown Butte Resources (TSE) for its 100% owned New World gold-silver-copper project in Park Cty., Mont. The advanced project is being explored a…
Phelps Dodge, Canyon report find
Partners Phelps Dodge (NYSE) and Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) recently initiated metallurgical, engineering and environmental studies to evaluate the economic potential of a significant gold discovery ma…
Toronto Stock Exchange Indices (December 30, 1991)
Dec 23 Dec 20 Dec 19 Dec 18 High Low Composite “300” 3378.15 3340.85 3326.09 3332.62 4009.47 3009.91 Metals & Minerals 2771.19 2750.30 2715.90 2720.06 3453.06 2502.63 Intergrated Mines 2968.03 2942.45…
Ariel mines gold vein in Costa Rica
Without attracting much attention in North America, Vancouver junior Ariel Resources (VSE) has successfully operated Costa Rica’s only “substantial” gold producer for the past four years. Situated on …
Recapturing the `lost art’ of narrow vein mining
Narrow vein mining. Something our fathers knew a great deal about but very nearly a lost art today. To help remedy the deficiency, the Quebec Mining Association (QMA) recently sponsored a “narrow vein…
Morrison deal
Morrison Minerals (TSE) reports the completion of the sale of its shares in Aerodat Ltd. to Geonex Ltd. for cash, dividends and shares in Geonex. (Aggregate value of the deal is about $3.75 million.) …
U.S. REPORT (December 23, 1991)
Homestake Mining (NYSE) and Goldstake Explorations (TSE) have suspended work on the Whitewood Creek tailings project in South Dakota until gold prices improve. The project, a 50-40-10 joint venture am…
CSA purchase
CSA Management (TSE) of Toronto recently boosted its beneficial ownership in Goldcorp (TSE) to 14% through the open-market purchase of 9,800 A shares of the latter. Goldcorp is the controlling shareho…
NEWS IN BRIEF (December 23, 1991)
Pan Oceanic Ventures Inc. (PSV:VSE) has changed its name to Falcon Ventures International Corp. (FNV:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-8-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Pacifi…