1994

Having agreed to buy the Ridgeway mine near Columbia, S.C., Kinross Gold (TSE) is poised to generate 500,000 oz. gold and gold equivalent per year. It will acquire the mine by buying Kennecott Ridgewa…

A new company is to be formed, combining some of the gold and lithium properties held by Wrightbar Mines (ME) and Charlim Resources (VSE). Wrightbar shares will be consolidated on a 2-for-1 basis, aft…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US78.5-79.5 cents per lb. (Sept. 22, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.80-2.90 per lb. (Sept. 30, 1994). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.90-4.30 per lb. (Sept. 30, 199…

U.S. fabrication demand for silver in electronic-electrical applications jumped to more than 18.8 million oz. in 1993 from 18.3 million oz. in 1992. A significant cause of that 500,000-oz. increase is…

Mine-finding is perhaps the most difficult and financially hazardous task undertaken in the industrial world. Success requires supreme dedication or phenomenal luck, or some part of both. Few people u…

Toronto-based TVX Gold (TSE) has acquired a 90.5% equity interest in a Czech company which holds the Kasperske Hory gold property. Situated 160 km southwest of Prague in the Czech Republic, the proper…

Rock ONtario, published by the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Contact: Mines and Minerals Information Centre, Room M2-17, Macdonald Block, 900 Bay St., Toronto, Ont. M7A 1C3, or Publicati…

Intense lobbying from mining companies and the impending end of the congressional session in the U.S. have sunk efforts to rewrite that country’s 122-year-old Mining Law. In late September, frustrated…

A new study about silver (T.N.M., Sept. 26/94) by the British firm Metals & Minerals Research Services (MMRS) paints a bleak outlook for the rest of the decade. According to the study, silver prices a…

Robert Kane appointed vice-president and director of international exploration; Londell Faught appointed vice-president and chief financial officer; and Edward Mihelich appointed vice-president and ch…

Drilling is under way at the Camsell Lake project in the Northwest Territories, with the first 1,000-ft. hole now half-completed. The hole was collared in kimberlite at a 45 angle and reportedly is st…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $392.15 – $5.35 Silver* $5.60 – $0.10 Platinum* $417.50 – $1.90 Nickel** $2.90 – $0.02 Lead** $0.29 + $0.01 Copper $1.14 – $0.02 Zinc $0.47 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scotiaban…