Letters to the Editor Reader called it right
Your editorial South African Strike in the Aug 17 issue suggests the possibility “that gold could soar even further on international markets as a result of a prolonged South African strike.” While thi…
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Editorial Geological maapping might be better
Geological mapping, a senior Canadian geologist said, is just like the weather. Everybody complains about it, but nobody does anything about it. Happily, the Prospectors and Developers Association o…
Comm-lite seminar
Comm-lite, a seminar on underground mines radio and lighting, will take place Nov 24-25 at Laurentian University in Sudbury. Co-sponsors of Comm-lite are the Ontario Ministry of Labor and Laurentian U…
New PDAC managing director
Dr Anthony Andrews has been appointed managing director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, succeeding Alan Bossin, who has returned to the insurance industry, in a senior executi…
UP, UP AND AWAY
It was the fourteenth time the 500D helicopter had moved the drill. As the chopper rose into the air, the “long-line” became taut as the pilot pulled up on the collective. The base, weighing about 48…
50 Years Ago — September, 1937 — PAMOUR DIVIDEND NEXT YEAR?
With current cash position and anticipated operating profits for the last half of the year expected to be more than sufficient to pay for doubling the milling capacity, Pamour Porcupine should pile up…
Research ‘FINE’ GOLD SLUICING
Sluicing has been used for the concentration of high-density minerals, especially gold, for centuries. It continues to be the predominant mineral processing technique in use for placer gold mining in …
Law THE NON-COMPETITION CLAUSE
Often when an employee is hired he or she is asked to sign an employment agreement or to agree to comply with the terms of employment. These may be extensive or quite brief, but the odds are they will…
New found gold HEAP LEACHING AT HOPE BROOK
Hope Brook Gold’s heap leach operation was put in place principally to generate early cash flow in the order of $21 million throughout 1987 and 1988. In fact, production from the heap leach has alread…
ON THE MOVE Dravo Corp.
William Roth has been elected chairman, president and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh-based Dravo Corp. Roth was recently president and chief operating officer at American Standard. He succeeds …
Suppliers’ Notes Lifeliner Corp.
Lifeliner Corp. of St. Louis, Mo., has announced production expansion and new packaging and labeling for Lifeliner/Elbow-patch. Introduced as a means of saving wear-worn metal in the mining industry, …
New found gold HOPE BROOK ORE
The orebody at the Hope Brook zone is combined in an altered volcanic silicified sequence about 2 1/2 miles long. The actual Hope Brook formation occurs at the northeast end of this altered zone. It …