Cameco to drill Hanson Lake
A large follow- up drilling program has been recommended for the Hanson Lake project of Cameco and Trimin Resources (VSE), 40 miles southwest of Flin Flon, Man. Besides testing the strike and depth ex…
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Vancouver Stock Exchange Midland leads rebounding market
The big news here and just about everywhere was the recent and long awaited upswing in gold prices. While most analysts have learned not to make hard and fast predictions on what gold will do over the…
Editorial No news here
Anything to do with PCBs is news, right? Toxic polychlorinated biphenyls mean trouble no matter where you find them. And, if you believe everything you read, PCBs usually mean guilty industry offender…
Montreal Exchange Mazarin leads way
It’s not gold, but the relatively rich graphite reserves Mazarin Inc. reports it has uncovered near the Quebec-Labrador border may make the Quebec junior a wealthy company. Mazarin traded more than 1….
Western States acquires property from Centurion
A Denver- based mining company has concluded an agreement to take over Centurion Gold’s (TSE) Zaca mine property in California. Western States Minerals, a private company, will fund 100% of all pre-pr…
Island Copper workers secure hefty increase
Unionized workers at BHP- Utah’s Island Copper mine at Port Hardy on Vancouver Island recently approved a 2-year contract which will yield a 17.56% wage increase over the life of the agreement. In add…
Dumagami shareholders urged to reject Agnico-Eagle merger plan
Montreal businessman Jacques Forget says he will ask minority shareholders of Dumagami Mines (TSE) to vote against a merger plan tabled recently by Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE). Forget, who holds a 16% st…
Noranda Inc. serves notice of Falconbridge share plan
Toronto-based Noranda Inc. (TSE) recently indicated to the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges that it may buy more shares of Falconbridge Ltd. (TSE) if and when prices are right. Noranda already hol…
COATS (over-the-counter) (June 05, 1989)
The dispute between Atlantic Goldfields and Jascan Resources was successfully resolved last week with Atlantic selling its 39.7% interest in Jascan for $3.8 million. Atlantic will also sell its intere…
Toronto Stock Exchange Gold index firms despite falling bullion
The gold price and gold index appear to be diverging. Bullion on the second London fix dipped to $361.80 today whereas the gold and silver index continued to display resilience in light of bullion’s h…
Hydra expects cash flow
Hydra Explorations (TSE) is expecting royalty payments of about $1 million per year from its interest in the Colomac gold mine in the Northwest Territories. Owned by Neptune Resources (TSE), the Colom…
INSIDER TRADES (June 05, 1989)
Atlanta Gold — O. Tolpinrud bought 1,400 (Apr) @ $2.65 to hold 144,051. Belmoral — A. Brown sold 24,000 (Apr) @ $1.16-$1.23 to hold 184,278. F. Brown sold 2,000 (Apr) @ $1.23 to hold (amended) 13,79…