Bulk Sample Planned for B.C. Gypsum Project
By year-end, Queenstake Resources (TSE), Haines Gypsum (VSE) and new joint venture partner Prospector Airways (VSE) expect to have mined and delivered a 50,000 tonne bulk sample of gypsum from the O’C…
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Books in Review Who owns, controls Canadian firms
Statistics Canada has released its 1987 version of Inter-Corporate Ownership. This new edition offers financial analysts, investors and corporate executives the most recent, comprehensive and authorit…
Normetal, La Sarre drill off reserves at zinc-silver project
Normetal Mining Exploration (ME) and affiliate company La Sarre Mining Exploration (ME) have delineated several blocks of reserves on the former producing Normetal polymetallic mine near La Sarre, Que…
Hemlo Gold Boosts Teck Earnings
Net earnings of $20.9 million or 26c a share were reported by Teck Corporation (TSE) for the quarter ended June 30, 1988, up from $9.5 million or 11c a share in the comparable period a year earlier. R…
Queenstake’s placer mine big business in Atlin
In small communities like Atlin where placer mining is the major industry, a code of honour exists among locals that is rarely broken. Stealing from your employer is taboo and those that do are ostrac…
Investment Comment Aussie assets make Whim Creek a buy
In a bid to turn Whim Creek Consolidated (TSE) into an international mining concern, Peter McAleer spends much of his time on board aeroplanes which take him to properties in Australia, the United Sta…
Letters to the Editor (August 22, 1988)
In reference to your editorial, Corporate Giving Not Just A Frill, May 1988, the Vancouver Art Gallery would like to acknowledge the generous support from three very prominent mining companies: Placer…
Queries Fort Knox’s gold mining ambitions on hold
Could you please let me know what is happening with a company called Fort Knox Minerals. The company trades on the Vancouver Stock Exchange and its interests include the Eagle Bird mine in California’…
Golden Sitka busy at Chichagof
Old mines have a habit of coming back to life and the Chichagof mine property 50 miles northwest may prove to be an example of that adage. The property is owned by Golden Sitka Resources (VSE) a Vanco…
Noranda buys 11.7% stake in Falconbridge
After being outfoxed in its bid to buy a control block of Falconbridge Ltd. (TSE) shares from Placer- Dome Inc. (TSE), Noranda Inc. (TSE) has quietly gone to the open market and emerged as Falconbridg…
Books (August 22, 1988)
The Gold Hunter’s Guide to Nova Scotia by Tony Bishop. Author discusses where to find gold in Nova Scotia, how to stake a claim, prospect and pan. Finer details include mining law, equipment needed, h…
Montreal Exchange Orex gains ground
A quiet week on the Montreal Exchange saw most resource issues lose ground with junior issues suffering the most from the lack of interest in the market. An indication of the weaker interest in junior…