THE OTHER PLAYERS
lThe Geco Mine The Geco mine has been one of the mainstays of Noranda Inc.’s string of operating mines since 1957. This base metal “crown jewel” is a regular highlight for technical visitors from as f…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Managing TIPS FOR TOMORROW
Over the past few years, this column has stressed the importance of good management in meeting today’s business and personal challenges. In these articles, we’ve reviewed and appraised some of the maj…
MBULK MINING AT KIDD CREEK
The Kidd Creek orebody is a massive base metal sulphide deposit with surface dimensions of 168m by 670 m. The steeply dipping orebody has been evaluated to a depth of 1,524 m. To date, mining has been…
A ROCKBURST PRIMER
A rockburst is defined as sudden and violent failure of rock. During the failure process, excess energy is liberated as kinetic (or seismic) energy, which causes the surrounding rock mass to vibrate. …
Obituary (June 27, 1988)
R. Anthony (Tony) Barker, who was in charge of AMAX’s Canadian exploration activities during the late 1950s and 1960s, died recently in an automobile accident in Portugal. Born in Vancouver in 1924, B…
U.S. REPORT Progress toward amalgamation of Crown, Gold Texas
Negotiations are progressing towards an amalgamation of Crown Resource Corp. (NASDAQ), Gold Texas Resources (VSE), and Gold Capital Corp. (Spokane). Specific details of the merger are pending awaiting…
Standard Trustco deal makes Roman Corp. holdings leaner
After deciding that it can’t be all things to all analysts, Toronto-based Roman Corp. (TSE) has emerged in 1988 as a much leaner holding company. In 1987, the company’s consolidated earnings before ex…
High grade gold at Dome Mountain
Underground sampling and drilling on the Dome Mountain property has returned high grade gold values, Teeshin Resources (VSE) reports. Located near Smithers, B.C., the Dome Mountain project is owned by…
Falcombridge offers dividend in issuer bid
At presstime for this issue, Falconbridge Ltd.(TSE) Chairman William James told The Northern Miner he was confident the company would get a quick ruling from the Ontario Securities Commission on a Fal…
EDITORIAL Study of the sun, deep in a mine
Inco Ltd. is doing some mine development work from which it will never make a cent. And it doesn’t expect to. Purely in the interests of science, the giant nickel company is enlarging and preparing …
Rio beefing up exploration role
Backed by the financial muscle of its England-based parent company, Rio Algom Ltd. (TSE) of Toronto is back in the exploration business. While company executives have declined to be specific about Rio…
NovaGold cuts wide zone in U.S.
Toronto-listed NovaGold Resources reports intersecting 11.9 ft of gold mineralization grading 0.407 oz gold per ton on the Summit property in New Mexico. The intersection was part of a larger 91.9-ft …