PEOPLE — CANADIAN GOLDEN DRAGON (July 21, 1997)
Kenneth Crosby appointed president.
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PEOPLE — BALLAD ENTERPRISES
Raymond Roland appointed director and chief financial officer.
PEOPLE — ARROWHEAD (July 21, 1997)
Chris Schultze appointed vice-president of exploration.
EDITORIAL AND COMMENTARY — There’s more to mining than tonnage and grade Community relations
A recent communique from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) suggests that the Canadian mining industry needs to improve its ability to deal with the environmental and socio-econ…
Highwood plans Thor Lake program
The Thor Lake beryllium deposit, east of Yellowknife, N.W.T., may at last be on its way to development.Highwood Resources (hwd-T) has applied for permits from the territorial government and the Water …
Gold Funds (July 21, 1997)
Gold Funds as of July 10, 1997BGRCentralNet Value$18.16$5.41Price$14.00$5…
Rio Narcea hits high grade in Spain
Encouraging results from drilling at El Valle, a gold deposit in northern Spain, are reported by Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T).Hole Val-107, which tested the northern part of the Black Skarn target, e…
Raglan on track for early 1998 startup
Construction and development at the Raglan copper-Nickel mine of Falconbridge in northern Quebec is three months ahead of schedule, albeit slightly over budget.The mine is in the final stages of const…
DIAMOND PAGE — Results positive from Camsell Lake
Encouraged by the number and size of diamonds recovered from a 13-hole drill program at the Camsell Lake project in the Northwest Territories, partners Winspear Resources (WSP-V) and Aber Resources (A…
DIAMOND PAGE — THI, Longreach seek Angolan gems
Toronto-based Trans Hex International (THI-T) and Sydney-based Longreach Gold Oil have agreed to explore and develop the latter’s three diamond concessions in Angola’s Lunda Norte province.Longreach o…
STOCK MARKETS — Golds dive again as TSE sets new record — Broad market index breaks 6,600; gold index tests levels last seen in 1993
The Toronto Stock Exchange moved farther into record territory over the trading period July 9-15, with the TSE 300 composite index closing at record highs on four of the five trading days. The TSE 300…
BOOK REVIEW — Book examines murders at Giant gold mine
.BREVIEWED BY VIVIAN DANIELSONDying for Gold: The True Story of the Giant Mine MurdersBy Lee Selleck and Francis Thompson$28 — Available from Harper Collins PublishersDying for Gold generates more qu…