CEIP regulations get final approval
The final regulations needed to put the Canadian Exploration Incentive Program into effect have been approved by Ottawa. Information kits on the new program and how the regulations will be interpreted…
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Vancouver Stock Exchange Calpine busy and better
Gold prices below $400 (US) and increased concern over higher interest rates continued to plague the market here, although a small correction was noticed at press time following some sharp declines in…
Former LAC trio get second chance with Perrex
The team that helped make LAC Minerals one of Canada’s most successful exploration and mine development company’s, wants to do it again — this time on its own. Dennis Sheehan and Robert Valliant, bot…
Noranda exploring Glen Auden property
Exploration work has commenced by Noranda Exploration on the Beatty Twp. gold property near Matheson, Ont., held under option from Glen Auden Resources (TSE) and Golden Dragon Resources (VSE). Ground …
MINERAL PROCESSING RESIN ON THE RISE
The search for better extraction Ttechnology has turned into a Tgold rush of another kind in the labs of Canadian researchers For some time now, scientists in the U S , South Africa, the U S S R , and…
THE ART OF SAMPLEING
In black type and couched in an authoritative tone, a press release from the would-be mining company announces an initial ore reserve figure: “2 5 million tonnes grading 6 3 g gold per tonne ” This is…
THE CARIBOU MILL
Skeptics in the industry will be watching the metallurgical results at Caribou very closely But Mill Manager Steve Williams and Mill Foreman Vic Ferron are confident it will perform up to snuff That…
Letters Handsome Bonus
In an article on American Barrick President Robert Smith, in the September issue, a bonus devised by him and Dr Brian Meikle is credited with keeping the union out of the Camflo mine The article ment…
Letters Life-saving Radio
I think Patrick Whiteway has missed one of the key points about the real reason why HudBay (Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting) continues to turn the heads of more conservative mining groups His story about…
A LOOK AT LINDSLEY
The Lindsley deposit, 6 5 km north of Sudbury, in Blezard Twp, Ont , is 100%-owned by Falconbridge Ltd It is a polymetallic sulphide deposit, with values in nickel, copper, cobalt, gold, platinum and…
THE JUST_IN_TIME MINE
April 29, 1985, has special significance for geologist Richard Cavalero That’s the day he received notice that Anaconda Minerals was going to sell off its assets Included in the sale was a deposit he…
COMPACT CORE DRILLS
Diamond-impregnated bits and Dthe wireline method of recoverDing core (without removing the drill rods) have been an industry standard since they were introduced in the 1970s Various safety features …