GOLD FUNDS (September 08, 1997)
Gold Funds as of August 28, 1997BGRCentralNet Value$18.55$5.68Price$14.60…
News
Radisson Mining withdraws $15.5-million prospectus
Citing “unfavorable market conditions,” Rouyn-Noranda, Que.-based Radisson Mining Resources (rds-m) is withdrawing its current prospectus, which qualified the offering of its securities for a maximum …
LME WAREHOUSE LEVELS (September 08, 1997)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Sept.2/97 (change from previous week in brackets):MetalStocks (tonnes)Change…
COMMENTARY — Deforestation and mercury
Deforestation, rather than mining activity, is responsible for mercury exposure among villagers living downstream from an artisanal gold mining area along the Tapaj-s River in the Amazon Basin, accord…
METAL PRICES — Daily Metal Prices (September 08, 1997)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange – Midday bid/ask prices in US$ per tonne)DateSept. 2Sept. 1Aug. 29Aug. 28A…
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…