Gold panning to benefit hospital
A gold panning charity event will be held from Jan. 28-30, at the Vancouver Art Gallery.All funds raised by the event will be donated to British Columbia’s Hospital Foundation. Participants in the eve…
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GREATEST VALUE TRADED, Dec. 10-16
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Noront, Alto await Windfall results
A preliminary program of three diamond drill holes totalling 717 metres has been completed on the Windfall Lake base metal and gold project in northwestern Quebec.Situated 90 km east of Lebel-Sur-Quvi…
Rea files for bankruptcy — Subsidiary Bisset also goes belly up
Rea Gold (REO-T) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Bissett Gold, have filed for protection under the federal Bankruptcy Act.he announcement spells the end of the Bissett gold mine project near Bissett,…
Sale of Troilus mine derailed
Plans by Inmet Mining (IMN-T) to sell the Troilus mine in north-central Quebec have been stalled following a technical investigation by the prospective purchaser.Homestake Mining (HM-N) and subsidiary…
PEOPLE — ZIM-GOLD (December 22, 1997)
Michael Kinley, Takala Hutasoit and Andreas Tjahjadi appointed directors.
PEOPLE — VICTORY
Michael Piek and David Hodge appointed directors.
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, Dec. 10-16, 1997
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STOCK MARKETS — Voisey’s Bay juniors head south on release of assays — Drill results also prove damaging to Cross Lake, Ontario partners
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index slipped below the 600 level during the report period ended Dec. 16 to close at 584.19, down 23.21 points, or 3.8%. The mining index was off 17.84 points, o…
PEOPLE — TOTEM MINING (December 22, 1997)
Joseph Montgomery appointed vp; Robert Woodfill appointed director.
EDITORIAL — Climate change poorly understood — The Doomsday Club
Remember the 1960s and early 1970s? Woodstock, Pierre Trudeau and those wild-eyed doom-and-gloomers perched on street corners warning us repeatedly that rampant consumerism would soon exhaust the worl…
PEOPLE — STRATHMORE (December 22, 1997)
William McKnight appointed director.