Alberta Stock Exchange Golconda up 26 cents
The week ended April 2 saw the price of gold bullion remain sluggish at US$359 per oz. as the yellow metal continued to suffer from a lack of speculative demand. Despite the lacklustre gold price, Gol…
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Thunder Bay symposium focuses on prospectors
“Prospectors today’s mine finders” is the theme for the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Thunder Bay on April 9-10. “Prospectors are the key to the future of our mining industry,” …
EDITORIAL Ontario mining is in deep trouble
If one suspected that Ontario’s mining industry was past its prime, they need look no further than the recent Prospectors and Developers Association of .T Canada’s annual convention for confirmation. …
EDITORIAL Too much government
Ever get the feeling that there seems to be more people working to spend taxpayers’ money than there are people working to earn a profit? The proportion might not be quite that out of whack, but a cas…
Canada, Soviets team up for joint mapping project
The federal mapping agencies of Canada and the Soviet Union will work together to share technology and develop business opportunities in the geomatics industry which deals with surveying, mapping, rem…
Losses mount for Skyline Gold
A net loss of $1.36 million was reported by Skyline Gold (TSE) for the three months ended Jan. 31, up from the corresponding year-earlier loss of $1.25 million. The quarterly data included operations …
Montreal Exchange Indices show gains
Investors welcomed in a new month in an optimistic mood, with both the market portfolio and mining and minerals index posting gains for the holiday-shortened week ended April 2. The former moved up by…
Moving The Miner into blue-chip quarters
As most readers probably know, we recently moved to the Don Mills complex of Southam Business Communications Inc., where Southam now houses all divisions of its expanding Mining Group under one roof. …
What’s New in Mining: Raise Reamers
Raise reamers designed and manufactured by Machines Roger International of Val d’Or, Que. have entered the market. The first machine was the V-30, capable of reaming an 8-inch pilot hole to 30 inches …
Raising the Green Flag: The Environmental Program (Second of Two
In the previous Law article, The Environmental Audit (see our January, 1991 issue), we left the corporation and its directors with a completed environmental audit that pointed out both actual and pote…
Underground Radio
Guglielmo Marchese Marconi (1874-1937) first successfully transmitted over the English Channel in 1899 and across the Atlantic in 1901. Only pulse transmisssions were possible at the time and it was r…
What’s New in Milling: Barmac Crusher
Not new to the overseas aggregates industry, but a relative newcomer to Canada, is the Barmac crusher, distributed by Wajax Industries of Markham, Ont. Developed and manufactured in New Zealand, this …