1992

Getting in and out of the mining business is becoming much more costly, thanks to securities demanded for abandonment, a Vancouver lawyer said at a recent environmental law conference here. Lynne Hues…

Drilling is under way on the Taysan copper-gold project in the Philippine province of Batangas. Chase Resources (VSE) has an option to acquire a 59.9% interest in the project by making a cash payment …

Representatives of the mining industry and five governments have signed a memorandum of understanding which will add another four years and $5.5 million to an environmental research program. The agree…

After a rather drastic restructuring, Heenan Senlac Resources is making something of a comeback. Its shares were suspended from trading on The Toronto Stock Exchange in April, 1990, for failure to mee…

Securities dealers, those orphan stockbrokers in Ontario that aren’t members of either The Toronto Stock Exchange or the Investment Dealers Association (IDA), have few friends these days. The Ontario …

The mining industry and its personalities have on occasion made interesting fodder for books that generally fall into two categories, the trash-for-cash expose or those so glowing they transform even …

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US58.25-58.75 cents per lb. (Sept. 10, 1992). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (Jun. 11, 19…

An option agreement to earn an 80% interest in the San Andres gold project in Honduras has been entered into by Arimetco International (TSE) with Fischer-Watt Gold (NASDAQ) of Reno, Nev. To earn its i…

Planning for the Sanchez oxide project is proceeding, with owner Azco Mining (VSE) recently hiring engineering consultant Davy McKee to provide all engineering, procurement and construction management…

Toronto-based Noranda Minerals has effectively curtailed exploration activities in the eastern half of the U.S. by putting the brakes on projects in Wisconsin and closing its small North Carolina offi…

Infill drilling on a recently discovered small but very high-grade oreshoot at the Lawyers property has prompted Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) to proceed with mining the zone in the fourth quarter. The Lawye…

Joint venture partners SEG Exploration (ME) and KWG Resources (ME) are proceeding with the collection of a bulk sample from their Granada gold property near Val d’Or, Que. The 20,000-ton sample will b…