PEOPLE — VANCOUVER VENTURE
Daniel Baroux, Elisabeth Labrick and Oksana Szulhan appointed directors.
News
NEWS ROUNDUP — Beauchamps plans drilling program
Surface work, including linecutting and trenching has been completed at the Veneuil Twp. gold property in northwestern Quebec, Beauchamps Exploration (VSE) reports. The company says a new zone 1.5 mil…
Morgain options Mexican deposit
Toronto-based Morgain Minerals (VSE) has been granted an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Cuatro Hermanos property, a copper-molybdenum prospect southeast of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico. Unde…
U.S. ROUNDUP — St. George completes Dean construction
Despite some startup delays, St. George Metals (VSE) recently began heap-leaching operations at its Dean underground gold mine in Nevada’s Battle Mountain district. The company is operating under a pi…
U.S. ROUNDUP — CanTung takes plant writedown
The 56% owned subsidiary of Amax (NYSE), Canada Tungsten Mining (TSE), has announced a writedown of its ammonium paratungstate plant at Fort Madison, Iowa. The long-term leasehold value of the plant h…
INSIDER TRADING — Barrick executive exercises options
Another executive at American Barrick Resources (TSE) has profited on the gold producer’s financial performance. Senior Vice-President Kenneth Thomas more than doubled his money in October when he exe…
U.S. ROUNDUP — Minnova options Blue Dog
A work program operated by Minnova (TSE) is now under way on Gold Canyon Resources’ (VSE) Blue Dog gold project in Washington Cty., Idaho. Minnova recently signed a formal agreement and can earn up to…
Study shows shortage of skilled environment workers
A shortage of technically skilled workers and management is threatening the long-term success of Canada’s $6-billion-per-year environment industry, warns Employment and Immigration Canada. A study by …
PEOPLE — INTERNATIONAL DAMASCUS
James Aikens appointed director and president; Bruce Ellner and James Armstrong appointed directors.
MINER BRIEFS — Big Quill plant
An employee-owned potassium sulphate plant was recently officially opened near Wynyard, Sask. The owner, Big Quill Resources, expanded the plant, initially a pilot project of the Potash Corp. of Saska…
MINER BRIEFS — Goodfellow award
Goodfellow Consultants Inc. of Mississauga, Ont., recently won the Canada Award for Business Excellence in the environmental category. The award recognizes the company for its leading-edge technology …
PRODUCER PRICES (November 23, 1992)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US52.25-53.00 cents per lb. (Nov. 5, 1992). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992…