Editorial A worthwhile collection
Thanks to the efforts of some tireless volunteers and the generosity of several mining companies, Canada’s National Museum of Natural Sciences may soon be endowed with one of the most remarkable miner…
News
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…
28th CIM conference
The 28th annual conference of metallurgists of CIM will be held in Halifax, N.S., on Aug 20-24, 1989. Papers are invited on general topics as well as the following: tailings and effluent management, p…
FUTURES PRICES Metal Prices (December 05, 1988)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US per lb.) Dec 154.50 151.00 153.50 + 10.70 Jan 144.00 143.30 144.00 — Mar 133.50 130.10 133.00 +…
Editorial Questionable ethics
Big business has been on the ropes lately, taking a beating for its perceived lack of ethics. Practitioners of capitalism, so the argument goes, follow no moral code whatsoever, save that of total sel…
Ghanorcan seeks funds, plans amalgamation
Seeking to obtain private placement financing of up to $2.25 million, Ghanorcan Resources of Toronto is also negotiating an amalgamation with Consolidated Thompson-Lundmark Gold Mines (TSE) and Quebec…
BATHURST AREA DEPOSITS (see map)
1. Nash Creek 2. Falls Gulch 3. Rocky Brook 4. Popelogan 5. McKenzie Gulch 6. Millstream West 7. Rocky Turn 8. Orvan Brook 9. Caribou mine 10. Murray Brook 11. Restigouche 12. Middle…
Gibraltar mine back in operation
Striking employees of Gibraltar Mines’ (TSE) copper mine and mill near Williams Lake, B.C. accepted an offer by the company to settle a 6 – month work stoppage. Art Brown, mine manager, said the propo…
Letter to the editor B.C. questionnaires
The British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources has engaged the University of Victoria Centre for Public Sector Studies to conduct an evaluation of the FAME Program sponsored by…
Editorial Free trade rumblings
Seismologists will be studying for years the earthquake that shook Eastern Canada recently. Measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, the earthquake was the strongest on this side of the continent this cent…
WAMAC raffle
Winners of the Women’s Association of the Mining Association of Canada’s raffle November 18 are: — First prize, a Wardair show tour for two; ticket 0064, Ashley Balchin of Oakville, Ont. — Second pr…
Innovation rewarded at Redpath
During 1987, the innovation committee at J. S. Redpath Limited was established to evaluate ideas presented by employees. Since that time, many gold and silver coins have been awarded as well as dinner…