Metal prices boost commodity index
Stronger zinc, gold and copper prices more than offset weaker nickel, lead and aluminum prices in November, helping the commodity price index of Scotiabank edge up for the second straight month. Howev…
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1991 — A Look Back (January 06, 1992)
Low metal prices and a nation-wide recession shattered central Canada’s once vibrant mining sector in 1991. As mines closed, balance sheets bled and exploration geologists fled to more hospitable envi…
There’s only one way for metal prices to go — up
As predicted by John McOuat, president of Watts, Griffis and McOuat, and other mining executives, 1991 was a dismal year for exploration in Canada. While junior miners had problems raising risk capita…
A FOND FAREWELL (January 01, 1992)
Appropriately, it was in 1964, the year the Kidd Creek geophysical discovery exploded into public prominence, that Dr. Peter Hood created his first comprehensive review of the world of geophysical ins…
50 YEARS AGO (January 01, 1992)
FOREIGNERS PROMINENT AT KIRKLAND STRIKE The strike at Kirkland Lake is now in its seventh week. The financial assistance which was to have come in from sympathetic unionists has proven scanty. One pow…
PDAC TURNS 60 (January 01, 1992)
In the midst of the Great Depression, 60 years ago, a group of prospectors passed round a hat at the inaugural meeting of what is today the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. They colle…
THE 60TH PDAC CONVENTION: FLOOR PLAN & EXHIBITOR LIST (January 01, 1992)
Dates: March 29 – April 1 Place: Royal York Hotel, Toronto Acme Analytical Labs Ltd. 225 Activation Laboratories Ltd. 58 Aerodat Limited 31 Aerodat Limited 32 Alberta Geological Survey 266 Barringer L…
MINERAL REVIEW AND FORECAST: BASE METALS; NICKEL
Demand for nickel in the Western World was flat which, in combination with increased production and higher exports from Russia, resulted in weak prices. Spot nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange…
MINERAL EXPLORATION: TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN INSTRUMENTATION (January 01, 1992)
Because of generally low exploration activity, the past year appears to have been an even poorer one than 1990 for the geophysical industry in Canada. A number of Canadian companies have noted that mo…
MINERAL EXPLORATION: CAPABILITIES OF AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY (January 01, 1992)
(SEE PRINT COPY OR MICROFILM FOR DETAIL) COMPANY AIRCRAFT Fixed Wing = FW Helicopter = H (Positioning) AEROMAGNETIC T=Total Field, G=Gradient L,TT,V=Longitudinal, Transverse & Vertical AIRBORNE ELECTR…
Eden Roc gets better grades than planned at African mine
Grades at the Anuiri deposit in Ivory Coast are turning out to be much higher than expected, says Eden Roc Mineral (ASE), which will pour its first gold from the mine by the end of the year. Average g…
Ten new copper smelters planned
Plans for at least 10 new copper smelters worldwide are under consideration, reports the U.S. Bureau of Mines. But although big copper producers like Chile are expected to proceed with construction, C…