1989

Recent drilling by Bond International Gold (TSE) has intersected a significant new gold discovery on the company’s Red Mountain property in northwestern British Columbia. Situated about 15 km east of …

Metal prices gained but the all- commodity price index of Scotiabank slipped 0.2% in August from the previous month. It was the seventh consecutive monthly decline for the over-all index. The gain (2….

Although the Con Mine at Yellowknife has always had a rather lowkey billing because of limited direct public participation, it ranks senior operating status, having turned out over three million oz of…

A $100-million bond offering is being planned by the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, a provincial Crown corporation and the largest potash producer in the world. The offering, limited to residents…

A summer exploration program on Hidden Lake Gold Mines’ (VSE) Wheeler Lake property in the Northwest Territories has detected at least six gold showings along a 7-mile stretch of iron formation rocks….

The board of Placer Dome (TSE) has approved a plan to buy up to 16.4 million of its common shares on The Toronto Stock Exchange. When fully exercised, this ordinary course issuer bid would amount to a…

The market continued its retreat again this week, with the VSE Index off a further 4.38 points to 779.09 at presstime. Brokers say trading remains sluggish, with 9.7 million shares valued at $11.3 mil…

Shareholders of Calpine Resources (VSE) will soon be shareholders of Prime Resources (VSE). That’s assuming of course that a proposed business arrangement to result in Prime acquiring all Calpine’s sh…

A five-day buying spree by investors propelled the composite index to a new high of 4019.74 points. Bullish economic forecasts calling for lower interest rates sparked the Dow Jones index in New York …

If a poll conducted for the Mining Association of Canada by the Angus Reid Group can be believed, Canadians have a great deal of faith in the mining industry’s ability to carry out its business withou…

Ever since the first big gold rush to Red Lake, Ont., back in the 1920s, the vast expanse of Ontario’s northwestern region has presented a curious mixture of challenge and opportunity to the mining in…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Oct130.00 129.40 129.55 + 6.65 Nov– — 127.45 + 6.05 Dec126.95 125.30 125.95 + …