1992

Copper oxide specialist Arimetco International (TSE) has raised $24.9 million via a private placement of 5.2 million special warrants at $4.75 each. Acting as underwriters were Midland Walwyn Capital …

Developing new mines will be an important cornerstone for growth in the 1990s, shareholders of Teck (TSE) were told at the company’s recent annual meeting. President Norman Keevil provided details of …

Gold production at the low-cost Golden Giant mine of Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) in northern Ontario probably peaked in 1991 at 443,400 oz., according to the Noranda (TSE) controlled company. Hemlo Preside…

ZINC: Producers report reasonably steady sales as consumers continue to buy on a month-to-month basis. In spite of London Metal Exchange (LME) inventories increasing in April from 221,575 to 239,325 t…

The sale of subsidiary Tenneco Minerals to Solvay America for US$500 million in cash was announced recently by Tenneco Inc. of Houston. Tenneco Minerals mines and processes trona ore to produce soda a…

Fluor Daniel has secured a $180-million contract to upgrade Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting’s (TSE) processing operations at Flin Flon, Man. The contractor’s mining and metallurgical wing, Fluor Daniel…

The official opening of the Castle Mountain gold mine in this historic mining district was a day of celebration for Viceroy Resource (TSE), a persistent and progressive junior company which overcame a…

A letter of intent has been signed between Rhonda Mining (ASE) and Noranda Exploration whereby Rhonda may earn a 50% interest in a copper property in the Coppermine area of the Northwest Territories b…

Premier Gold Resources Inc. (PGL:VSE) has changed its name to Cryptic Ventures Inc. (CYV:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Pacific Corporate …

Claude Resources (TSE) has become involved in a controversy surrounding investment funds set up for would-be Canadian immigrants after running into financing and operational difficulties at its Seabee…

Western markets leveled off during the period ended May 5, with the Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index finishing up 5.74 points to the 620 level and the resource index slipping just under three …

All that government gold — 12.3 million oz. at the end of March — no longer glitters as it once did. However, despite depressed prices, there’s still a silver lining in those gold bricks gathering d…