Pezim juniors await financing
Murray Pezim’s new flagship, Prime Equities (VSE), and a host of juniors under its corporate umbrella are expecting to announce details of an agreement with a major mining company for the provision of…
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Placer Dome gold production tops 1.4 million oz.
Contributions from two new gold mines helped boost Placer Dome’s (TSE) share of gold production to just over 1.4 million oz. in 1990, from 1.18 million oz. produced in 1989 (net of minority interests)…
Rea Gold bids for QPX
A formal offer will be mailed shortly to Canadian shareholders of QPX Minerals (TSE) providing more details of a recent offer by Rea Gold (TSE) to acquire all their QPX shares in exchange for common s…
Juniors follow Freewest Res. into Benoit Twp. gold
Shares of at least 10 junior companies with claims in the Benoit Twp. area of northern Quebec have posted gains since Freewest Resources (TSE) reported an intersection of 162.5 ft. grading 0.15 oz. go…
EDITORIAL A new world order?
A new world order? Well, anyone who thinks the U.S. will be leading us to a new millennium of peace and harmony is going to be disappointed. In the wake of the United Nations successful expulsion of I…
Startup planned for SB project
The two partners in the SB gold-silver project northwest of Stewart, B.C., say they will proceed to production with the property, subject to regulatory approval. Westmin Resources (TSE) is earning a 5…
Alberta Stock Exchange Gold Hawk active
Shares of Consolidated Gold Hawk jumped 10 cents to close at 70 cents on volume of 92,200 shares during the week ended Feb. 26. The company is one of several juniors to benefit from a recent gold find…
Insider Trading Batista holds 13% of TVX Gold shares
Toronto-based TVX Gold (TSE), the product of an amalgamation involving Consolidated TVX Mining and the wholly owned gold producing subsidiary of nickel miner Inco (TSE), is owned 62% by Inco. But as i…
Euro-Nevada Mining
Toronto-based Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) recently added some royalty interests in the Harker-Holloway gold camp in northern Ontario to a portfolio of royalty assets that already encompasses the Eskay Cr…
U.S. REPORT Atlas earnings slip
The drop in quarterly earnings was the result of lower gold prices, higher production costs because of the processing of refractory ores and lower than anticipated recovery rates. The year-earlier qua…
Black Cliff options properties in Chile
An option to earn a 75% interest in three Chilean copper-gold properties has been obtained by Black Cliff Mines (TSE) from a private Chilean company. The first property, Los Navarros, comprises 1,615 …
News In Brief Solo Int’l
Solo Int’l Resources Ltd. (SOZ:VSE) has changed its name to Regent Ventures Ltd. (REV:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis. Pacific Corporate Trust Co. is the transfer…