1988

Vancouver Stock Exchange December blahs on the way

Trading activity remains sluggish in Vancouver, as evidenced by the VSE Index which at press time had tumbled to a new low of 799.68. To top that off, glitches in the VSE’s computerized trading system…


New copper/gold zone found on Rambler bet

Channel sampling results from a new copper/gold massive sulphide deposit, discovered on Teck Corp.’s Rambler property near Baie Verte, Nfld., by Petromet Resources (TSE) and Newfoundland Exploration C…


New massive sulphide find on Rambler bet

Recent trenching has encountered a new high grade copper showing on the Rambler properties near Baie Verte, Nfld. The Rambler project, currently the site of a $3.8-million exploration program, is a jo…


Book Review Oil prospecting

Walter Guppy has probably seen more of Vancouver Island than any other prospector alive today and he’s recounted his experiences in a paperback called WetCoast Ventures: mine finding on Vancouver Isla…


Vista pours gold brick

Milling of the bulk sample consisting of 10,000 tons is continuing at Vista Mines’ (TSE) Bootleg Lake gold mill near Creighton, Sask. A pour of 404 oz dore has been completed. The ore currently being …


COATS trading features (December 05, 1988)

It was another quiet week for mining issues on COATS. Exxeter Resources says it is negotiating a private placement through Packard Group Inc. of New York to fund exploration on its Quebec and Nevada g…


McIntyre meeting

McIntyre Mines (TSE) recently said that a special shareholders meeting will be held Jan 23, 1989 to consider a statutory plan of arrangement involving McIntyre, its shareholders and Falconbridge Limit…


Call for coal papers

Organizers of the 4th Coal Operators Conference, to be held in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Sept 13-15, 1989, have issued a call for papers. Papers related to operating functions of producing coal mines or to…


Corona options Varna property

Corona Corp. (TSE) has acquired an option on the Mings Bight gold property from Varna Gold (ASE). Near Baie Verte, Nfld., the Mings Bight property includes 7,000 acres of ground on which several gold …


Biron Bay options NovaGold gold bet

A definitive agreement is expected within 3-4 weeks which will see a 78% interest in the Summit gold property in New Mexico go to Biron Bay Resources (TSE) and Steeple Rock Mining in exchange for expl…


Lac gets $48 for Stillwater

A one-third interest in the Stillwater platinum-palladium operation in Nye, Mont., is being sold by LAC Minerals (TSE) for $48 million(C) to its two project partners. Operator of the mine, which opene…


Cameco pleased at Hanson Lake

Economic grades of copper and zinc with associated silver values have been intersected over a strike length of 2,000 ft on the Hanson Lake property controlled by Cameco — A Canadian Mining and Energy…


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