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Cumulative gold production from Canada’s 12 largest gold mines jumped almost 8% to 2.7 million oz. in 1990. Once again, Ontario’s Hemlo area gold mines took the spotlight, churning out over 1.3 mill…

Pegasus Gold Inc. – 3,000,000 com shs and 1,000,000 wts to purch com sh in units offered @ $15.50 per unit. Teck Corporation – 4,300,000 units consisting of 1 Cl B subordinate voting sh and 1/2 wt o…

Drilling is now under way at the Polaris-Taku gold property, about 65 miles south of Atlin, B.C. Suntac Minerals (VSE) is earning a 60% interest in the property from Rembrandt Gold Mines (ASE). To d…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange High Low Close Week’s Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Jul 101.00 100.20 100.90 – 2.30 Aug 100.90 100.60 100.80 – 2.65 Sep …

Ongoing exploration at the Trout Lake copper-zinc mine near Flin Flon, Man., continues to intersect polymetallic mineralization below the 560-metre level, the lowest level in the mine. Testing the dow…

Partners Greenstone Resources (TSE) and Boliden International Mining of Sweden have reported a “new area of surface gold mineralization” at their Santa Rosa heap leach project in Panama. Owned 49% by …

Fifteen years after it first went into production, Niobec, the only underground niobium mine in the world and the only mine of its kind in North America, continues to turn out at a relatively low cost…

Associated companies Cross Lake Minerals (VSE) and TransBorder Energy (VSE) recently added claims held north of Prince George, B.C., to additional claims held by an outside party to form a 50-50 joint…

The first batch of development ore from the SB gold property is being processed at Westmin Resources’ (TSE) Premier gold mill near Stewart, B.C. About 15,000 tons are expected to be processed during …

London Metal Exhange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date July 9 July 8 July 5 July 4 July 3 Copper 1385-1386 1392-13…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US60-61 cents per lb. (Jul. 2, 1991). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US84-85 cents per lb. (Mar. 14, 1991). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$3.05-3.15 per lb. (Jun. 27, 1991). CADMIUM…

Situated in northeastern Washington State is the Pend Oreille property, whose Yellowhead zone recently yielded encouraging results. Halfway through the current drill program, RFC Resource Finance, 44%…