HSK and Joutel shuffle Queenston Gold assets
Toronto-based HSK Minerals (TSE) and Joutel Resources (TSE) have signed an agreement in which HSK will buy two million common shares of Queenston Gold Mines (TSE) from Joutel. In return, Joutel will r…
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Nuinsco hires J.M. Slack to look at Cameron study
Mining consultant Malcolm Slack has agreed to pick up where Echo Bay Mines (TSE) left off in a push to bring Nuinsco Resources’ (TSE) Cameron Lake gold property into production. Slack was named chairm…
Lyon Lake focusing attention on Mosquito
A 50% interest in the Mosquito property in the Barkerville-Wells area of British Columbia will have been acquired by Lyon Lake Mines (ME) at the end of this year following the expenditure of $6 millio…
Cusac/Gulf Titanium generating cash flow from small Montana mine
Adopting a pay-as-you-go strategy toward mine development, 50/50 partners Gulf Titanium (VSE) and Cusac Industries (TSE) are generating a positive cash flow from limited production at their joint-vent…
Cusac wins $2.7 Million judgment
The Supreme Court of British Columbia awarded judgment in favor of Cusac Industries (TSE) in an amount totalling $2.6 million as a result of a contractual dispute with Total Erickson, now known as Tot…
Bidders await Gulf decision on value of Asamera assets
A decision by Gulf Canada Resources (TSE) to put its interest in Asamera Minerals (TSE) on the selling block may spark a bidding war for the Calgary-based company. A number of mining firms have alread…
ALPART to open in March, 1989
ALPART, the largest of four major alumina plants in Jamaica, will start producing alumina by the end of March 1989. Under a recently signed agreement, the ALPART plant will be owned by Kaiser Jamaica …
NRC contributes $2 m. for boring machines
The National Research Council is contributing $1.97 million to the development of two continuous tunnel boring machines which could be used in hardrock mines. The announcement was made by Minister of …
Spot prices at a glance (December 19, 1988)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold (per oz) $419.60 -$ 5.75 Silver (per oz) $ 6.14 +$ 0.03 Platinum (per oz) $598.00 -$ 1.00 Copper (per lb) $ 1.59 +$ 0.05 Lead (per…
Initial work by Monopros suggests pipe not viable
Test work conducted by Monopros Limited at its diamond prospect in the Shellbrook area of Saskatchewan suggests the kimberlite structure found there is not economically viable. Monopros, a subsidiar…
Cookie-jar mining considered for Kennedy River gold project
A new low- cost method of mining narrow vein gold deposits called “cookie jar mining” is being considered by International Coast Minerals (VSE) for its gold project in the Kennedy River camp on Vancou…
Editorial Alarm bells are ringing
From a recent presentation by Lionel Kilburn at a seminar sponsored by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. In the spring of 1988, two significant papers were presented by senior exec…