Teck deals Leitch mine to San Paulo Explor.
A junior mining company that until now has been playing a rather low-key role, San Paulo Explorations is teaming up with Teck Corp. for a new look at the renowned old Leitch mine in the now-bustling B…
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Obituary William Watt Hutchison
William Watt Hutchison, president of the International Union of Geological Sciences and assistant deputy minister for the Geological Survey of Canada, has died in Ottawa of cancer. He was 52. Dr Hutch…
Toronto Stock Exchange Metals play part in pushing market to new
Base metals are back, and no better sign of investor confidence in these issues could be found than the trading activity exhibited this week on the tse by four mining companies heavily involved in the…
Editorial Biting at the base metals
At long last investors and speculators alike are once again turning their attention to the highly cyclical base metals stocks, triggered by improving prices for these commodities in international mark…
Editorial B.C.’s economic well-being at stake
The degree of polarization in British Columbia politics has generally exceeded that of other provinces. So the present dispute between organized labor and Premier William Vander Zalm over his controve…
Storimin and Tandem to go underground
Toronto-based Storimin Exploration has received results from the first two drill holes of its summer exploration program in the Moss Twp. joint venture project 70 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont. A rec…
Flow-through funds HSK’s exploration
Toronto-based HSK Minerals has concluded a flow-through financing with 1987 Tap Mineral Exploration Ltd. Partnership to finance its exploration activities this year. Under the terms of the financing, …
Montreal Exchange Maufort big mover
Springing back from a lacklustre performance last week, the Montreal Exchange this week surged into some new ground, reflecting market activity that was said by some observers to stem from relief on t…
Silbak splitting into 2 companies
Shareholders of British Silbak Premier Mines recently voted to split the company in two, to create a resource company and a real estate company. Under the reorganization, all non-mining assets of the …
Multinational at Toodoggone
Exploration work is under way at Multinational Resources’ Toodoggone area property north of Smithers, B.C. The first-phase program will include more than 5,000 ft of diamond drilling in the B zone to …
Old mine workings being investigated
An underground exploration program has been started on Canadian Gold Resources’ Kirkroyal property in Lebel Twp., near Kirkland Lake, Ont., the company reports. The program is being financed by Colray…
Stainless steel production boosts demand for nickel
Demand for nickel is running higher, buoyed by record production of stainless steel by many major producing nations, Shearson Lehman Securities (formerly L Messel & Co. reports in a recent weekly publ…