View from the West (September 02, 1991)
Last month’s “View from the West” column (T.N.M., July 29/91) briefly illustrated the deplorable state of venture capital financings by comparing Vancouver Stock Exchange financings for the first six …
News
Alberta Stock Exchange (September 02, 1991)
Trading lightly during the week ended Aug. 27, Cochise Resources picked up 20 cents to close at $1. Cochise is currently preparing for a helicopter-supported drill program on a 995-sq.-km copper-molyb…
Postal strike
Due to a strike by Canada Post employees, delivery of The Northern Miner to some subscribers may be temporarily disrupted. Delivery to the U.S. and other foreign destinations will not be affected. The…
Governments, companies opt for commuter mines
Nobody wants wilderness mining towns anymore. Workers prefer flying or driving on weekly or biweekly rotations from southern centres to wilderness mines. Mining companies are glad to be rid of the cos…
EDITORIAL PAGE (September 02, 1991)
There are few rays of sunshine for junior gold companies these days. The precious metal has lost a great deal of its lustre over the past decade. The gold price has been on a downtrend since the Ameri…
FMC options gold prospect from Vera Cruz
According to a recent joint venture agreement, a unit of FMC Gold (NYSE) is about to begin an exploration program on a gold prospect held by Vera Cruz Minerals (VSE) near Carrizozo in Lincoln Cty., N….
Starmin, Adonos to invest in Philippine porphyry project
A large copper-gold porphyry deposit on the Philippine island of Negros has attracted a couple of Toronto-based juniors intent on bringing it into production. Starmin Mining (TSE) and Adonos Resources…
Vancouver Stock Exchange (September 02, 1991)
Both the resource and composite indices continued to rebound during the week ended Aug. 27 following the tumultuous events in the Soviet Union. The composite index added 8.27 points to finish at 563.7…
Hol-Lac placement
Hol-Lac Gold Mines (CDN) completed a $150,000 private placement involving 750,000 shares at 20 cents per share and a similar number of warrants exercisable at 20 cents per share to Aug. 27, 1994. Subs…
QPA convention set for Sept. 11-13
The annual convention of the Quebec Prospectors Association will take place Sept. 11-13 at Rouyn-Noranda, Que. Theme of the 1991 convention is “Exploring to secure the future.” In addition to the usua…
FUTURES PRICES (September 02, 1991)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US per lb.) Sep 103.00 101.50 102.90 + 3.80 Oct 102.35 101.50 102.50 + 3.80 Nov 101.40 101.05 102.20 SILVER (in US cents per oz.) S…
MVP reaches deal with bondholders
Toronto-based MVP Capital (TSE) says it has resolved a number of matters relating to proposed restructuring of about $10 million in outstanding convertible Swiss bonds. Following discussions between M…