1989

A joint venture agreement with the Canadian exploration subsidiary of Texas-based Battle Mountain Gold Mines (TSE) was the main topic for discussion at HSK Minerals’ recent annual meeting in Toronto. …

Campbell River, B.C., will be the site of a mining competition on Saturday, July 1, during that community’s salmon festival. The contest, sponsored by Westmin Resources, is open to experienced miners …

In the Vancouver Stock Exchange market report of the June 5/89 issue of The Northern Miner it was erroneously reported that several officials of Can-Mac Exploration had been convicted of trading in se…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Jun 108.80 108.80 108.85 + 2.35 Jul 111.70 108.80 109.40 + 2.10 S…

The U.S. Bureau of Mines is a well-known prospector of that nation’s mineral supplies. But recently, the bureau has been involved in protecting the American public from what has been dubbed the “Fool’…

The shares of MacDonald Mines Exploration moved up 10 cents this week to close at 35 cents . The company is hoping to see production resume later this year at its West MacDonald zinc mine in Dufresnoy…

The main editorial of your recent issue (June 5/89) entitled “Passing grades for environmental policy,” gave The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) a B for its new environmental policy. Although we wo…

From a speech by Donald W. Kohls, vice-president and chief consulting geologist of Gold Fields Mining Corp., to the American Mining Congress Mining Convention ’88 in Denver, Colo. Successful explorati…

Public interest is often necessary before any junior mining stock becomes active, but how do promoters achieve such interest? Creating public interest in a junior firm hinges on keeping speculators an…

How the juniors long for 1987. Mid-1987 to be exact. At that time, the gold boom was reaching its peak and junior exploration companies on every Canadian exchange were enjoying an unprecedented period…

In the Yukon, the troubled Ketza River gold mine at Ross River is at the centre of a legal dispute between Canamax Resources (TSE) and Belmoral Mines (TSE). Canamax is suing Belmoral for breach of con…

There’s nothing quite like a hot drill hole to ignite a market stampede. This popular mining adage was reaffirmed this week by the mad rush to get a piece of Aur Resources and Louvem Mining — until j…