In last month’s column, I pointed out a few shortcomings with the major study on competitiveness done by Professor Michael Porter of Harvard University for Ottawa. In spite of certain weaknesses in th…
Placer Dome stunned investors and angered executives at International Corona during the week ended Dec. 17 by pulling out of a $240-million proposal to develop the Eskay Creek gold deposit in British …
The outlook for resource issues on the VSE shifted from bad to worse during the week ended Dec. 17, with the resource index dropping by more than 40 points to 444.4. The composite index fared better, …
It has been a busy month for Kingswood Explorations (ASE), which optioned one of its properties, tendered most of the shares of a private exploration concern and is planning a drill program near Mathe…
The land package controlled by A.T.& E. Enterprises measures over 10,000 acres, or roughly five square miles of heavily forested mountain ridges and valleys near this small town located about 100 road…
Subject to regulatory approval, Golden Tag Resources (VSE) has acquired a 50% interest in 41 claims in Verneuil Twp., Que., adjacent to Grevet Twp. and eight miles east of Quevillon. No serious explor…
I note that the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, in its fourth year of existence, has decided to induct Sir William Logan at its Jan. 6, 1992, ceremony at Toronto (T.N.M., Dec. 2/91). My thought is that …
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US49.50-50.25 cents per lb. (Dec. 5, 1991). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US82-84 cents per lb. (Aug. 8, 1991). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$3.10-3.20 per lb. (Sep. 26, 1991). CADM…
Development work at the Montanore copper-silver project near Libby, Mont., remains suspended because of environmental problems. Noranda (TSE), 55% owner of the project, was forced to shut down operati…
In late November, the British Columbia Securities Commission ordered the removal of Maurice Hamelin’s trading rights, and prohibited him from acting as a director or officer of a public company for 20…
Originally a mining exploration company, Calgary-based Gateford Resources (ASE) plans an amalgamation with closely associated Landmark Corp. (TSE). Under the aegis of Vancouver businessman Gary Van Ne…
A letter of intent between Ontex Resources (ASE) and Placer Dome (TSE) to finance further exploration on the Brookbank gold property near Beardmore, Ont., has been extended indefinitely. Ontex Vice-Pr…
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