METAL PRICES — Daily Metal Prices (September 08, 1997)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange – Midday bid/ask prices in US$ per tonne)DateSept. 2Sept. 1Aug. 29Aug. 28A…
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SPOT PRICES (September 08, 1997)
Wednesday, September 3, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$322.00- $3.30Silver*$ 4.6…
N.B. conference to focus on environmental practices
A conference focusing on environmental practices at Canadian mining operations will be held at the Hotel Beausejour in Moncton, N.B., from Sept.25 to 26.Entitled “Green Challenges at Mining Sites,” th…
OBITUARY — George Finlay
George “Bill” Finlay, a well-known figure in the mining contracting industry, has died. He was 68.Born in North Cobalt in 1928, Finlay graduated from the Haileybury School of Mines in 1947 and began h…
Cumberland hits more gold at Meadowbank
Drilling at the recently discovered Bay zone at the Meadowbank property of Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) near Baker Lake, N.W.T., has recovered additional high-grade gold values.A first-phase drill pro…
DIAMOND PAGE — NWT Diamonds partners find 23 new kimberlites
Exploration drilling at the NWT Diamonds project in the Northwest Territories has uncovered 23 new kimberlite bodies, raising to 100 the number identified to date.Sixteen of the new discoveries lie wi…
GREATEST VALUE TRADED (September 08, 1997)
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EDITORIAL — Business, labor have bridges to build — Forging alliances
Glen Clark, premier of British Columbia, has realized something that completely escaped his predecessor, Michael Harcourt — namely that labor and business can work together to fight policies that wil…
DIAMOND PAGE — SouthernEra orders DMS plant
SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has placed an order for a modular dense media separation (DMS) plant, which will be commissioned early next year at its Klipspringer diamond project in South Africa.The p…
Franciso expands El Sauzal
Vancouver-based Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has released results from the final holes of a third phase of drilling at El Sauzal, an epithermal gold project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.Southeast of the West…
PRODUCER PRICES (September 08, 1997)
Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,591 per tonne, alloy $1,425 per tonne (Sept. 2/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$1,880 per tonne (Sept. 2/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.50 per lb. (Sept…
White, Thomas hit with injunction and charges
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has extended temporary injunctions barring each of two directors of Redell Mining (RDC-V) from holding office as a director or officer of a public com…