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LAC in solid shape despite loss of Williams mine

Most mining companies would have been crippled by the loss of a gold property the size of the Williams mine at Hemlo in northern Ontario. In the case of LAC Minerals (TSE), the company appears to have…


Editorial Unuk river might cure the ailing VSE

It’s a drill hole that rivals some of the big ones from Nevada’s Carlin area: 682 ft averaging 0.875 oz gold and 0.97 oz silver per ton plus 1.12% lead and 2.26% zinc. Of course that’s just one hole…



Encouraging results by Orofino, Canuc

Completion of a 20-hole summer drilling program representing 5,733 ft at the Coronation Gulf gold project in the Northwest Territories was recently reported by Orofino Resources (TSE). Seventeen holes…


IOCC GOLD OPTIONS (August 28, 1989)

Options Open Series Volume Last Interest Aug 370 C 183 0.10 Nov 440 C 135 0.50 715 Nov 380 C 134 8.00 2,481 Nov 390 C 127 5.50 2,159 Nov 400 C 63 2.50 …


Historic plaque tuide

History buffs will be interested in a new publication listing the more than 1,000 historical plaques in Ontario. Many of the plaques deal with the province’s rich mining heritage. Examples include a p…


See Eagle River last paragraph

Hemlo Gold this week acquired an additional 486,600 shares of Central Crude at an undisclosed price through a private purchase agreement with an unspecified seller. Shares of Central Crude have traded…


Spot prices at a glance (August 28, 1989)

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold*$366.80–$0.80 Silver*$5.23–$0.01 Platinum*$485.35–$2.65 Nickel**$5.65–$0.34 Lead**$0.32+$0.00 Copper$1.31+$0.05 Zinc$0.88+$0.05 Courtesy of Scotiabank. Information…


Gold funds as of August 22

MPV BGR Central Capital Net value $11.71 $ 5.94 $0.57 Price $10.00 $ 5.75 $0.35 Discount 14.60% 3.2% 38.6% Value $69,723,231 $99,9…



FUTURES PRICES (August 28, 1989)

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Aug125.70 125.30 125.15 + 3.30 Sep126.20 124.20 125.35 + 3.85 Dec122.20 120.80 121.85…



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