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N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Apr 138.90 — 4.80 May 138.10 136.10 137.40 + 2.60 Jul 130.30 128.70 129.90…

VANCOUVER Digger Res Inc — 600,000 sold for gross $270,000. TSA Expls Ltd — gross proceeds rec $500,000. Agristar Inc — 4,000,000 offered @ $1.497 per sh. Int’l Brace Res — 600,000 shs offered @ 4…

A follow-up drill program is planned by American Platinum (VSE) on the company’s Angle Bay platinum group metals (PGM) project, near Lac des Iles, Ont. The four-to-five-hole program, expected to begin…

Five provinces may have thought the 5-year Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) they signed with the federal government in 1984 expired at the end of March, but in reality the agreements have a sixth y…

Nobody knows with certainty, but everybody is interested in the possibility. If war comes, what then? In the first instance, it would be recognized that such a war would not break on an unprepared wor…

A $10-million offer for its Mt. Hundere zinc-lead-silver project in the Yukon was too good to be refused by Toronto-based Canamax Resources (TSE). After outlining 5.2 million tonnes of grade 18.5% com…

Major North American gold producer Corona Corp. (TSE) decided to declare a write-down of $108 million in 1988 after revising ore reserves at its Nickel Plate mine in southern British Columbia. Last ye…

Options Open Series Volume Last Interest May 390 C * 40 12.00 593 May 400 C 1,026 4.20 4,184 May 420 C * 251 1.50 2,918 May 440 C * 130 0.40 2,736 Aug 400 C * 68 …

Amer. Barrick — Horsham Sec. bought 1,170,300 (Feb.) @ $23.07-$23.50 to hold 14,366,396. Augdome — J. Archibald sold 10,000 @ 30 cents (Sept./88, amended) and 25,000 (Feb., private) @ 21-22 cents …

Lakeshore Minerals (ASE) has acquired a 33-claim gold property in Maricopa Cty., Ariz. Consideration paid for the claims was 100,000 common shares of Lakeshore. The property is subject to a 10% net pr…

Focus of the on-going takeover contest for Dickenson Mines (TSE) and Kam-Kotia Mines (TSE) appears to have temporarily shifted to an associated company, Wharf Resources (TSE). Corona Corp. (TSE), whic…

Negotiations involving Toronto- based Marshall Minerals (ASE) and East West Caribou Mining could make an open pit base metal producer out of the Restigouche polymetallic property in New Brunswick. If …