OBITURARY John MacIsaac
John MacIsaac, the man known to many as Canada’s pre-eminent mining contractor, died recently at his home in Sudbury, Ont., after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 84. The native of Butte, Mont., w…
1991
COATS (over-the-counter) OSC sheds COATS
The market is in such bad shape that it doesn’t matter who’s running it, remarked one over-the- counter broker when asked to comment on the TSE’s recent decision to take over COATS. It remains to be s…
Revived Inlet plans drilling at Chibougamau
Drilling will get under way at the Grandroy mine project near Chibougamau, Que., this month, says property-owner Inlet Resources (VSE). Inlet will be testing the depth potential of the copper-gold dep…
Spot prices at a glance (January 14, 1991)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $390.70 — $1.80 Silver* $4.09 — $0.07 Platinum* $414.25 — $2.00 Nickel** $3.95 + $0.17 Lead** $0.27 — $0.01 Copper- $1.16 — $0.03 Zinc $0.57 Courtesy of Scotiabank….
Analysts see flat year for gold, silver
It wasn’t exactly a stellar year in 1990 for the precious metals’ industry and if analysts are correct, 1991 isn’t going to be much better. At least not for gold and silver. Last year, high interest r…
Alberta Stock Exchange Golconda up 16 cents
A porphyry gold prospect in southern California has been acquired by Golconda Resources which rose 16 cents to close at 28 cents on volume of 82,000 shares. Golconda said widespread gold mineralizatio…
Sutton planning to acquire Romanex
An agreement-in-principle has been reached between Sutton Resources (VSE) and the owner of Romanex International for the acquisition of the latter company. If completed, the deal will result in Sutton…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Asiatel benefits from Link option
The Vancouver market indices remained relatively quiet during the report period ended Jan. 8, with little news to help spur activity. The composite index remained virtually unchanged at the 627-level …
Card Lake, Teddy Bear in dispute over claims
A property dispute is heating up between Card Lake Resources (COATS) and Teddy Bear Valley Mines (COATS) over five patented claims situated east of the Lightning gold zone in northeastern Ontario. The…
TSE 300 to list Bema Gold, drop Canamax and Belmoral
Having recently completed an annual review of trading activity on the composite 300 index, The Toronto Stock Exchange is dropping six mining issues from the index and adding one. To disappear from the…
Work completed at Springer bet
A program of prospecting, soil sampling and diamond drilling of five holes has been completed by 50/50 partners Springer Resources (VSE) and Noranda (TSE) on their Glenwood project in Newfoundland. Th…
600 gather as Hall of Fame inducts 9 mining legends
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame awards ceremony, the industry’s annual tribute to its most distinguished citizens, just keeps on getting bigger. At the recent third annual dinner function at Toronto’…