Canadian output of precious, base metals climbs
Canadian production of copper, nickel, lead, gold and silver increased between June 1997 and June 1998. However, output of non-ferrous commodities iron ore and asbestos was down over the same period.T…
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR — Geostatistics blameless in mine failures
Your editorial and article implicating geostatistics in recent mine failures has it all wrong (“Challenging geostatistics” and “Recent History reveals trends in mine failures,” T.N.M., Sept. 28-Oct. 4…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — INSIDER TRADING — Homestake’s largest investor boosts holdings
German investor August von Finck has increased his ownership in Homestake Mining (HM-N) by purchasing 8.7 million shares at US$10.21-11.21 per share.The acquisition boosts von Finck’s holdings to 30 m…
MINING MARKETS & INVESTMENT NEWS — Former New Senator seeks ‘prairie gold’
I am seeking assistance in locating a very small mining company that operated in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Alberta in the mid-to-late 1960s. My father passed away in 1968, but ju…
Companies (October 05, 1998)
Aber ResourcesAfrican GemstonesAlberta EnergyAllican ResourcesAmerican CopperAmeridex MineralsApex Silver MinesArchangel DiamondAriel ResourcesAsarcoAshton Mining of CanadaAsia SapphiresAt…
Timmins camp bustling with exploration activity
Commodity prices may be down, but encouraging exploration results are giving cheer to several juniors exploring in the Timmins region of northern Ontario.At the Half Moon Lake project, Prospectors All…
Hart grabs NWT showings
Preliminary exploration by Golden Hart Exploration (GHXX-C) has uncovered polymetallic showings in iron formation at the Whitehills Lake property in the Northwest Territories.Two of five grab samples …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — GEOLOGY 101 — Sedex massive sulphide deposits, Part 2
Sedementary exhalative deposits grade between 4% and 30% combined lead and zinc, with tonnages of up to 200 million tonnes. The giant deposits at Sullivan, in British Columbia, contained 170 million t…
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Pelangio takes over Detour Lake properties
As mining winds down at Detour Lake, 200 km north of Timmins, Ont., Pelangio-Larder Mines (PLLM-C) has moved to assemble the dominant land position in the area by buying up the Placer Dome (PDG-T) pro…
MINERAL EXPLORATION — CASE STUDIES — McVicar Minerals sets sights on Chinese potential
The notion, expressed by Kipling, that East is East and West is West is being increasingly challenged in today’s global economy. Indeed, the twain appear not only to be meeting but forming business de…
Index (September 28, 1998)
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