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Laying in a United States hospital bed after emergency abdominal surgery recently, I got to wondering about the role of metals and their compounds in our bodies and in their deliberate application to …

A slight slump in the the price of gold has done nothing to dampen enthusiasm for some of the companies who are currently out looking for the precious metal. While the price of gold dropped $2.25(US) …

Assembling a land position in the United States is sometimes tougher than delineating an orebody, especially when property ownership is fragmented. This was the case with Golden Queen Mining (VSE) whi…

An Australian junior appears to be leading a swing by junior companies back into developing base metals properties. East West Minerals, of New South Wales, trading in Sydney at about $1.60(A), this we…

Although trading volumes on the VSE have picked up dramatically in recent weeks due to several new discoveries, public opionion polls suggesting the Liberals might win the next election and scrap the …

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US per lb.) Nov 149.00 149.00 148.80 + 0.40 Dec 144.00 140.30 142.30 + 0.40 Mar 120.35 118.00 119.1…

Election jitters seem to have gotten to investors this week, with the market well off and the value of the Canadian dollar dropping. Published voter- preference polls showed the Liberals with a comman…

FREE MARKET London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne, except zinc and nickel ($US per tonne) Date Nov 8 Nov 7 Nov 4 Nov 3 Nov 2 Copper 1849-1…

Stronger copper and molybdenum prices were responsible for improved earnings at Brenda Mines (TSE). The Noranda-controlled company, which operates a copper/ molybdenum mine in British Columbia, realiz…

The old central shaft headframe of the Hollinger Consolidated gold mine, now owned by Giant Yellowknife Mines (TSE) was blasted and tied up with cables and pulled to the ground, recently. It took seve…

Amax Gold’s net earnings were $13.1 million(U.S.), or 22 per share for the 1988 third quarter compared with $11.1 million or 18 per share for the 1987 third quarter. For the first nine months of 1988…

A gold property with known reserves near Snow Lake, Manitoba has caught the interest of BHP-Utah Mines, an indirectly held subsidiary of Broken Hill Proprietary of Australia. Formerly known as Utah Mi…