Foran’s North Star fails to shine (September 02, 2005)
Vancouver – The delayed technical report on Foran Mining’s (FOM-V) North Star gold project, near Snow Lake, Manitob…
Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co, Limited
Precious metals drop, juniors twitch
A significant decline in precious metal prices over the week took the wind out of the junior resource market. The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index closed at 1,721.79 for the week Dec. 8-14, up slightly from previous week’s close of 1,712.19, but no…
Golden wave cause commodities to rise
Continued exuberance in the metals market enabled the junior-mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index to close at 1754.39, up an impressive 3.2%, or almost 54 points, during the period Nov. 24-30. Average daily volume over the wee…
Juniors feel pinch as gold drops
During the Oct. 27-Nov. 2 report period, TSX Venture Exchange-listed companies traded lower as a group as the gold price lost ground, owing to a strengthening U.S. dollar. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange index was down 54.38 points, or some 3%, durin…
Gold near 16-year high, keeps market active
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index, along with its junior miner-explorer component, had a relatively even week, closing out the Oct. 20-26 trading period at 1,652.62, up just over two points from the previous week’s close. The session saw average…
Juniors hang on despite mixed metals prices
TSX Venture Exchange-listed companies were about even as the gold price climbed higher, owing to a weakening U.S. dollar. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange index was down 25 points during the trading period of Oct. 13-19, compared with the previous wee…
Flin Flon hosts conference
The Mid Canada Mining Conference, slated for May 12-15 in Flin Flon, Man., will showcase Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting’s 777 projects, with additional technical papers on uranium, nickel, gold and diam…
TSM
Towards Sustainable Mining, or TSM, an initiative of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), is built on the premise that mining can contribute to the sustainability of our communities in a way that m…
Ruttan to close sooner
The Ruttan copper-zinc mine in northern Manitoba will be closing sooner than expected, owing to low metal prices.Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting had announced in the mid-1990s that the mine would shut do…
Prices struggle under consumer apathy
Uncertainty over the global economic outlook continued to dampen consumer buying interest during the report period Oct. 1-5, resulting in another dull week for base metals markets. Prices continued to…
Colorado geoscience conference
The Colorado Geological Survey will host a geoscience conference Oct. 15-16 at the Doubletree Hotel in Durango.Discussions will focus on land-use planning, recognition and mitigation of geologic hazar…
‘Silvery Slocan’ rides again
The “Silvery Slocan” mines, among the most famous in British Columbia’s history, have emerged from the obscurity of the past, and ghost mining towns are warming with life again.Caught in the rush of t…