EDITORIAL Encouraging signs
When it comes to environmental trends, the U.S. is often a few steps ahead of Canada. So it is good to see some indications that environmental activism in the U.S. is not entirely driven by hysteria. …
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Montreal Exchange Drilling at Douay
The mining and minerals index tumbled by almost 62 points during a week in which gold briefly topped the US$400 mark. The general market portfolio index fared much better, moving up by 18.4 points. Fo…
Fairbanks Gold expands holdings near Fort Knox
Since its inception as a public company, Fairbanks Gold (VSE) has largely focused its attention on exploring the potential of its 51% owned Fort Knox bulk tonnage gold property near Fairbanks, Alaska….
HIGHGRADING, PART 4 Tracing the twists and turns of the Hoyle Pond
The time: 12:40 a.m., Jan. 20, 1986. Two men pulled their half-ton truck off of Hwy. 101, east of Timmins, Ont., on to a snow-covered gravel road leading to the Asarco mine property. With the help of …
PRODUCER PRICES (October 08, 1990)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US92.00- 95.00 cents per lb. (Sep. 20, 1990). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US80-83 cents per lb. (Sep. 6, 1990). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.80-2.90 per lb. (Sep. 13, 1990). CA…
Underground sampling at Eskay
The first assay results released by Prime Resources Group (VSE) from underground sampling of the 21B zone at Eskay Creek appear to be confirming with ease the high-grade nature of the deposit north of…
Not talking, say Sherritt and Falconbridge
Speculation that Toronto-based Sherritt Gordon (TSE) and Falconbridge Ltd. are set to embark on a joint venture designed to feed Sherritt’s Alberta nickel refinery have been denied by officials from b…
Noranda, Freewest expand size of drill program at Harker bet
Joint venture partners Freewest Resources (ME) and Noranda (TSE) have quietly expanded the size of a major drill program under way on their Harker-Holloway property near Matheson, Ont. The program, al…
THE SUDBURY BASIN: Back to the classroom
Paul Parker was faced with an alarming prospect. The vice-president for human resources and administration at Inco’s Ontario Division realized his firm was poised at a historic and disagreeable waters…
Construction Equipment
The long hours and hot weather of summer are the ultimate tes equipment. Maintenance managers with the best springtime preparation stand the greatest chance of making it through the summer season with…
FOLLOWING THE FAULT: The gold mines of northeastern Ontario and
AMERICAN BARRICK When American Barrick’s Holt-McDermott mine came into the public eye in the late 1980s, the reserve was estimated at about 3.3 million tons grading nearly 0.19 oz. gold per ton (three…
Kennecott’s gravy train
The first year of mining the open-pit Ridgeway deposits in So Carolina was, to borrow a term employed by Engineering Manager Peter Evans, “gravy.” The soft oxides allowed blasthole spacings of 20 ft. …