Metal Prices FREE MARKET (April 01, 1991)
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date March 26 March 25 March 22 March 21 March 20 Copper 1371-1373 1358-1359 1352-1353 13…
News
Quebec’s Bacon seeks law to set environmental rules
The province of Quebec may soon have a law governing the environmental impact of mining activity. Lise Bacon, the province’s deputy premier and minister of energy and resources, told the annual conven…
Robex updates Upton feasibility
An update of a feasibility study of a barite-zinc deposit in Upton Twp. near Montreal was recently commissioned by Robex Resources (ME), which is hoping to be able to announce in the near future a fin…
Loki encouraged by results of Brewery Creek leach test
Encouraging results were reported by Loki Gold (VSE) following cyanide leach test work completed on four bulk trench samples from the Brewery Creek property near Dawson City, Yukon. The property is ow…
Agnico-Eagle bids for control of Vezza prospect
Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) has offered to buy 100% control of the Vezza gold project in northwestern Quebec from 50/50 partners Dundee-Palliser Resources (TSE) and North American Rare Meta…
U.S. REPORT Wounded Bull completes Newsboy feasibility
With a positive feasibility study in hand, Wounded Bull Resources (Sydney) is now seeking financing to bring its Newsboy gold mine in west-central Arizona into production. Capital cost for a 600,000-t…
Urgent deadline
The British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines is reminding individuals and organizations to submit written briefs in response to government proposals to increase parks and wilderness areas. “This is y…
Formosa mining at Silver Butte
By late April, Formosa Resources (VSE) expects to achieve its targeted production rate of 400 tons per day at its Formosa-Silver Butte polymetallic mine project near Riddle, Oreg. The company, slightl…
Glen Auden joins in Quebec venture with Cross Lake
Vancouver-based Glen Auden Resources (TSE) has formed a joint venture with Cross Lake Minerals (VSE) to explore two claim groups located in Casa Berardi and Estrees twps. in northwestern Quebec. The t…
Early start for Chuchi Lake
A $1 million exploration program funded by Digger Resources (VSE) and equal partner BP Resources Canada (TSE) is under way at the Chuchi Lake copper-gold project in north-central British Columbia. The…
Icebreaker opens possibilities for Raglan nickel mine
The New Quebec Raglan project, Falconbridge’s perennial mine of tomorrow, is inching closer to a production decision. Recently, a freighter successfully navigated the winter ice and docked at an aband…
Samatosum may have new zone below known reserves
Underground drilling at the Samatosum mine has intersected high-grade mineralization 10 metres below the known extent of reserves. The Samatosum mine, near Kamloops, B.C., is a 70-30 joint venture bet…