News in Brief (May 04, 1987)
Greenstone Resources has acquired a gold property in Costa Rica with both open pit and underground reserves. The company is purchasing a 100% working interest in the El Recio project for $165,000(US) …
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Rio Algom is plagued with its potash problems
Potash problems have caught up with Rio Algom Ltd. and have taken a 33% bite from the company’s bottom line in this first quarter. And it is enough of a bite that Chairman and ceo George Albino warned…
Vista flow through to raise $5.5 m
Private placements totalling $5.5 million have been arranged by Vista Mines. The money will be issued in 1987 and 1988 in exchange for Vista flow-through shares which will be taken up by two flow- thr…
Achates completes sampling program
Recently completing a reconnaissance basal till sampling program in the central part of its 4,940-acre Vanier-Disson property, located 60 km southeast of the Casa Berardi area, was Achates Resources o…
McIntyre loss after coal disposal
McIntyre Mines reports a 1986 net loss, after extraordinary items, of $34,323,000, or $9.42 per share, compared with a loss in the previous year of $26,255,000, or $7.23 per share. The extraordinary i…
Citadel results on Wawa drilling
A program of 87 surface and underground diamond drill holes totalling 25,117 ft has been completed by Citadel Gold Mines on its four Wawa, Ont. area properties. At the former producing Surluga gold mi…
Goldhunter expects Gunner to drill soon
A diamond drill program is expected to start shorty on Goldhunter Explorations’ Federal- Kirkland gold property near Kirkland Lake, Ont. Funded by Gunnar Gold, which has the right to earn an interest …
Multinational gets $1m. from Japan
A large Japanese trading house will provide $1 million for exploration and development of Multinational Resources’ Toodoggone gold property in northwestern B.C. Two Canadian subsidiaries of Nissho Iwa…
Montreal Exchange Onyx, Oasis active
Two companies belonging to Groupe Minier of Val d’Or, Onyx Resources and Oasis Resources, each traded more than a million shares during the past week on the Montreal Exchange. Onyx, which closed up 10…
Denison earnings slip
Weak potash markets knocked down earnings this first quarter for Denison Mines, says President J. D. Fowler. Its 60% owned potash project near Sussex, N.B. reached commercial production status on Jan …
Merger proposed for 2 companies
The directors of Golden Rule Resources and Goldsil Resources are recommending to their shareholders that the two companies merge. The amalgamated company will issue each shareholder of Golden Rule 1.5…
Editorial Prescription for a mineral policy
The following guest editorial is from George Miller, managing director, The Mining Association of Canada, Ottawa. The Honorable Gerald Merrithew, Minister of State (Forestry and Mines), is expected …