New technologies to refine gold, pgm
The Department of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering at McGill University will hold a seminar, April 29-May 1. Topic is “refining and recycling of precious metals — a technology update.” The seminar …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Toronto Stock Exchange Indices (January 07, 1990)
Jan. 1 Dec. 31 Dec. 28 Dec. 27 Dec. 26 HIGH LOW Composite “300” Holiday 3256.75 3237.46 3233.69 Holiday 4009.47 3009.91 Metals & Minerals Holiday 2739.73 2727.00 2742.94 Holiday 3453.06 2502.63 Integr…
St. Phillips to acquire Stork
Subject to regulatory approval, St. Phillips Resources (VSE) has negotiated the acquisition of Stork Resources through a share issue. St. Phillips will issue the private company’s shareholders 600,000…
Access to land, capital prominent issues in 1991
With 1990 behind us, it is appropriate to review two issues of last year that stood out and are likely to remain prominent in 1991 for not only British Columbia but Canada as a whole — access to land…
50 Years Ago (January 02, 1990)
THE NORTHERN MINER, JANUARY, 1940 NEW DEPTHS, NEW ORE CHANCES FOR LAMAQUE Lamaque Gold Mines is preparing to sink its main No. 7 shaft from 2,000 ft to 3,600 ft below surface, The Northern Miner can a…
GOLDEN GENESIS
The following qualifies as the most imaginative speech given this year by a company president to his shareholders. Harvey Atkin, an actor, businessman and president of Armistice Resources, delivered t…
BOOM BOOM
Atlas Copco Canada has an exAtensive range of 2-boom jumbos Ato suit almost any heading size. Most units can also be equipped with basket booms for bolting and/or blasthole charging, as well as a rod-…
Letters (January 02, 1990)
LEARNING THE WHOLE PICTURE All too often, the failure of a new mine is attributed to overestimating of reserves or ore grade by geologists, while success is attributed to the making of the mine by min…
COUNTING BEANS
These days, controlling and reducing costs is one of the most important challenges facing the Canadian mining industry. Gone are the days when a mine manager could offset poor cost performance by dipp…
OVERCOMING THE NUGGET EFFECT: Extracting all the gold contained in
The infamous “nugget effect” can be bad news for promoters of gold properties. Gold is unevenly distributed in such deposits, and so sampling can have the effect of either over-or under-estimating the…
ENGINEERING A FUTURE
The feast-or-famine extremes to which the mining industry is subject also plague mining schools. In 1982 for example, the Department of Mining Engineering at Queen’s University was polishing the skill…
NEW MINES
The pace of mine-building is slowing. In January, 1988, we reported that 32 new Canadian mines would produce ore before year-end. In 1989, we listed 18 new mines that were being readied for start-up. …