Teck sells $125m in convertible debentures
Teck (TEK-T) has entered into a private placement underwriting agreement with TD Securities and Griffiths McBurney & Partners allowing for the sale of $125 million in adjustable-rate, 25-year debentur…
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LATIN AMERICA — Reforms benefit perubar, SPC and other producers
At first glance, the silver-lead-zinc mine operated by Perubar 50 km east of here has little in common with the huge copper mining and smelting complex operated by Southern Peru Copper (PCU-N) in the …
NEWS ROUNDUP — Nuinsco expands near Lac Rocher
Etobicoke, Ont.-based Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) has acquired more ground around its Lac Rocher prospect in northwestern Quebec.The nickel explorer has bought three prospectors’ interests in 235 claims…
LATIN AMERICA — NEWS ROUNDUP — Golden Peaks reports encouraging results
Golden Peaks Resources (GL-V) has received encouraging drill results from its Sierra de Las Minas project in northwestern Argentina.Results for hole 8, drilled to test a mineralized zone on the Vallec…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Five o’clock follies
The following is the first in a series in which the author, an exploration geologist based in Delta, B.C., recounts his experiences working in the jungles of Venezuela in the late 1980s and early 1990…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — EPA’s bungled Summitville cleanup — Glass houses
If veracity is the heart of morality, as the ancient Greeks believed, then the United States government would be well-advised to settle a longstanding legal battle with mining promoter Robert Friedlan…
INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Cumberland Resources viewed as upcoming producer or takeover target
Russ Cranswick of Research Capital has once again given the thumb’s-up to Cumberland Resources (CBD-T), a junior company with several promising gold projects in the newly created territory of Nunavut….
Manhattan bullish on Peru’s Tambo Grande project
Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) is awaiting final government approvals for the Tambo Grande volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit in northern Peru and hopes to begin a 50,000-metre drill program by May 1.T…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Canadian policy irks investor
I have been an investor in mining for 25 years and have bought many stocks on the Vancouver Stock Exchange. We now have a situation wherein most of these small companies are at the edge of a precipice…
Plata plans to buy Bunker Hill
A junior company established in Argentina and listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange plans to reopen the Bunker Hill polymetallic mine in northern Idaho.Plata Mining (PMT-A) hopes to raise as much as $7…
SPOT PRICES (April 26, 1999)
Precious MetalsPrice (US)ChangeGold$283.90+$0.05Silver$ 5.12+$0.18…
Meetings (April 26, 1999)
April 26 Augusta April 26 Denison April 26 Haddington April 26 Tathacus April 27 Abitibi-Cons. April 27 Argentina Gold April 27 Koda April 27 Match Capital April 27 Rainy Mountain April 28 AntamApril …