METAL PRICES (June 21, 1999)
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LME WHSE LEVELS (June 21, 1999)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at June 15/99 (change from June 8 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)Change…
SPOT PRICES (June 21, 1999)
Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$258.90-$3.10Silver$ 5.01+$0.08…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — A high old time
During the summer of 1964, Ontario’s Timmins district was the site of the biggest, craziest staking boom in the world. The activity resembled the rushes of the Klondike and California, and the wild ye…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — FACTS ‘N’ FIGURES — Silver shines in 1998
Although economic conditions in 1998 adversely affected other commodities, silver showed resilience through a turbulent year, posting its best price performance in 11 years. Its strength was largely t…
Hillsborough, Quinsam keep creditors at bay
Hillsborough Resources (HLB-T) and its 63%-owned subsidiary, Quinsam Coal, have been granted creditor protection by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.In a final attempt to restructure its debt, Qu…
Birim targets shallow oxides at Dunkwa
Shallow drilling by Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) at its Mampon gold deposit in Ghana has delineated areas of high-grade gold mineralization.The deposit is part of the Dunkwa concession. Birim had been par…
Atna eyes Grayd’s Alaskan properties
Atna Resources (ATN-T) plans to join forces with Grayd Resources (GYD-V) to explore the latter’s Dry Creek and Anderson Mountain properties in the Bonnifield district of Alaska.To earn a 51% interest …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Mine still producing
The story “Junior eyes rare pegmatite,” (T.N.M., May 31-June 6/99) states that “the Tanco mine in Manitoba is currently processing only tailings.” This is incorrect. We last processed tailings in 1996…
PEOPLE — Broadlands
Rodney Samuels appointed director.
PEOPLE — Future
John Arlitt appointed director.
PEOPLE — Glacier
Melvin Reeves appointed director.