Montreal Exchange Silidor going ahead
Investors in resource issues appeared to enjoy themselves this week, sending the mining and minerals index soaring with a gain of more than 101 pts. The market portfolio also did well for itself, jump…
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Inco Gold restructuring creates another company
Inco Ltd. (TSE) has made a few modifications to Inco Gold, the company’s wholly-owned gold mining and exploration arm. Inco Gold will manage Inco’s gold properties which are in production or near prod…
Noront set to fund exploration programs
Following the recent completion of a $2-million financing, Noront Resources (VSE) is set to continue exploration on four gold properties in northwestern Ontario, and a grassroots program in Newfoundla…
Wharf set for record output
After a $9-million capacity expansion last year, Wharf Resources’ (TSE) Annie Creek heap leach mine, a few miles south of this mining town, is on target to set a production record. Wharf is aiming at …
Bachelor Lake halts mining at Desmaraisville operation
Bachelor Lake Gold Mines (TSE) expects to lay off about 93 contract and company personnel after calling a halt to its mining operations at Desmaraisville, Que. Following a 2-week “clean up” phase, the…
Lower Silver, gold prices hurt Callahan’s first half
Lower silver and gold prices brought about a 1989 first-half loss for Callahan Mining Corp. (NYSE). The Arizona-based company produces silver from the Galena and Coeur mines in Idaho, and gold from th…
COATS (over-the-counter) Bonanza active
Rouyn-Noranda-based junior Bonanza Metals has just completed a $768,000 financing and is set to launch a 30,000-ft drilling program next week on the former producing Poirier zinc-copper mine, near Jou…
McNellen testing copper bet in B.C.
A 5,000-ft drilling program is being started by McNellen Resources (VSE) on the company’s Mount Foley copper-silver-gold property 15 miles east of Chilliwack, B.C. McNellen plans to test a 250-ft wide…
Second leach pad for Coral Gold
By bringing on stream a second and much larger heap leach facility at the Robertson gold mine in Nevada, Coral Gold Corp. (TSE) is aiming to reach an annualized production rate of 40,000 oz by the end…
Newhawk drilling hits high grade zone on Sulphurets
Underground drilling and sampling by Newhawk Gold Mines (TSE) has intersected high grade gold and silver values over appreciable widths in a newly- discovered zone on the Sulphurets project in northwe…
Placer output starts at Gold City project
Klondike placer gold miner Gold City Resources (ASE) is back in business again at its Indian River project in the Yukon’s Dawson Mining District. Gold City is one of at least six public and more than …
Commodity price rise focus of IMF study
Rising prices of non-fuel primary commodities that began in 1987 continued in 1988 and through early 1989, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports in its 1989 edition of Primary Commodities: Mar…