1996

ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,447.50 per tonne (Aug. 20, 1996), alloy US$1,264 per tonne (Aug. 15, 1996).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,750 per tonne (Aug. 20, 1996).BISMUTH: Composite free m…

In Cuba, Holmer Gold Mines (HGM-A) is applying its exploration skills not to gold prospects, but to silver.The Loma Hierro silver deposit in Cuba is being pushed to a production decision by both Holme…

It is disheartening that the New World gold-copper project has been permanently sidelined by an agreement that will see the mine’s owner, Crown Butte Resources, swap the Montana project for federal la…

John James appointed director.

Nell Dragovan appointed chairman; Leslie MacConnell and Robert Sibthorpe appointed directors.

The federal government of Canada has announced proposed changes to the income-tax treatment of producers of ammonite gemstones.The changes, which were proposed by Natural Resources Minister Anne McCle…

The Grandola joint venture has initiated drilling on the first of four planned holes in a program aimed at testing the central axis of the 3,000-metre-long Porto de Mel gravity anomaly on the Grandola…

London Metal ExchangeMidday bid-ask prices in $US per tonneDateAug. 20Aug. 19Aug. 16Aug. 15Aug. 14…

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) resumes its speakers’ luncheons on Sept. 19, when the guest of honor will be Bernard Michel, chairman, president and chief executive offi…

Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) has resumed trading on the Vancouver Stock Exchange, having cleared up the confusion over assay results from its Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario.Trading w…

A $2.5-million exploration program on the Bamingui River diamond property in the Central African Republic is under way, reports United Reef (URP-T).Trans Hex Group of South Africa, which holds a 35% i…

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