METAL PRICES – Daily Metal Prices (April 20, 1998)
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SPOT PRICES (April 20, 1998)
Wednesday, April 15, 1998Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$308.35- $1.40Silver*$ 6.24…
NEWS IN BRIEF (April 20, 1998)
Denstone Resources (DST-V) has changed its name to Denstone Minerals (DSL-V) on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis.
DIAMOND PAGE — Crown pipe yields more diamonds for Rupert
A delineation drilling program at the former-producing Crown diamond mine in South Africa is providing Rupert Resources (RUP-V) with a better understanding of the mine’s deep-seated kimberlite pipe.Wi…
DIAMOND PAGE — Drilling begins at Munn Lake in N.W.T.
A drilling program designed to locate the source of last year’s Yuryi kimberlite boulder find is under way at Munn Lake, northeast of Camsell Lake, in the Northwest Territories.Munn Lake is part of th…
PRODUCER AND DEALER PRICES (April 20, 1998)
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,418.5, alloy US$1,276 per tonne (Apr.14/98).Antimony: Representative mid-market US$1,565 per tonne (Apr. 9/98).Bismuth: Representative mid-market US$4.05 per lb. (Apr. …
Paramount, Canabrava step up work
Vancouver-based juniors Paramount Ventures & Finance (PVF-V) and Canabrava Diamond (CNV-V) have agreed to work together on another diamond exploration property in northern Ontario.Canabrava recently d…
Calneva picks up gold prospect in Nevada
International Calneva Gold (ICG-V) has acquired a land package in the Tuscarora mining district of northern Nevada.The company picked up the Beard Hill-Castille Mountain prospect, covering 3,200 acres…
Partners pull more zinc at Caber
Drilling by Southern Africa Minerals (SAF-T) at its Caber deposit near Matagami, Que., continues to return significant base metal values.Hole 32 was sunk 50 metres south of hole 30, which returned 14 …
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Hebron buys Mazarin’s exploration projects
As part of a plan unveiled in January to withdraw from the exploration scene and renew its focus on industrial mineral production in Quebec, Mazarin Mining (MAZ-T) has sold its overseas gold and coppe…
Drill testing under way at Dunkwa property
Encouraging drill results have been obtained by Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N) on the Dunkwa property in the Ashanti gold mining region of south-central Ghana.The company is working to earn a 65% intere…