Appeal court favors Seabright
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has upheld the decision in the lawsuit between Westminer Canada and the former directors of Seabright Resources. The three judges rejected all seven grounds of the West…
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PEOPLE — ASARCO (January 24, 1994)
John Breen appointed unit manager of the Coeur and Galena silver mines; David Young appointed manager of the Troy silver-copper mine; Sidney Lloyd appointed unit manager of the Leadville silver-lead-z…
Metall may go on the block as German parent restructures
The fallout continues from the restructuring of Germany’s giant resource conglomerate Metallgesellschaft (MG). Rumors circulated this week that MG plans to sell its 50.1% interest in Canadian subsidia…
NEW FRONTIERS IN MINING — Placer Dome output hits 1.8m oz.
Among gold mining companies, Placer Dome (TSE) is the largest of the Canadian-based producers. Its global output in 1993 was about 1.8 million oz., a total it is expected to match or better for many m…
Metals sub-index rises as base metals firm up
The metal and mineral sub-index of The Bank of Nova Scotia’s commodity price index rose for the first time since July. Prices for nickel, lead, zinc, potash and precious metals rose in November, more …
Ram hoping to advance Ontario wollastonite deposit
Having processed a bulk sample from its wollastonite property, 55 km north of Kingston, Ont., Ram Petroleum (TSE) is looking to advance the project to production. Last fall, a 150-ton bulk sample was …
NEWS ROUNDUP — Test mining done on Rio Yaqui
Toronto-based Exall Resources (TSE) has completed test mining on three areas of the Rio Yaqui placer gold project in Hermosillo, Mexico. Results from one of the areas were positive and the company thi…
Globex discovers gold zones
Prospecting on its Lac Savard property in northwestern Quebec, Globex Mining Enterprises (TSE) has discovered two new gold zones. In the first zone, values up to 0.62 oz. gold and 6.36 oz. silver per …
NEWS ROUNDUP — Placer drops Stockade property
A unit of Placer Dome (TSE) has terminated a joint venture with Carlin Gold (ASE) on the junior’s Stockade Mountain gold property in eastern Oregon. Carlin President William Long said that, despite si…
Drilling continues at 1100 lens
Project partners Audrey Resources (TSE) and Metall Mining (TSE) have released the latest drilling results from the 1100 lens underground project in northwestern Quebec. Assays from seven holes totalin…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Naneco loses permit bid
The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners has refused to issue a land use permit to Minerva Explorations for a gold property in South Dakota. The Johnson Gulch property, 5 miles west of Lead, contain…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR — More on Escondida discovery
I am writing with regard to the article “Arequipa eyes Peruvian copper” (T.N.M., Nov. 29/93) and the letter to the editor “Escondida find a team effort” (T.N.M., Dec. 20/93) about the Escondida discov…