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Down-the-hole or in-the-hole bits have been around for at least two decades now. Early on, the major players were TRW Mission (which is now with Sandvik), Ingersoll-Rand and Atlas Copco. As the popula…

ITALIANS IN MINES MOSTLY CITIZENS Inaccurate reports appearing in the daily newspapers have left the impression that a high proportion of Canada’s miners are Italian-born, many of them unnaturalized, …

Oct 2-3, Ottawa, Ont. Stresses in underground structures: determination, prediction & monitoring. At the Venture Inn. Contact Dr. G. Herget, Canadian Mine Technology Lab, Mineral Research Laboraties/C…

Edwin Phillips appointed chairman of the board succeeding Malcolm Taschereau who resigned.

Gene Elam appointed vice- president and chief financial officer.

John Wolff elected chairman succeeding Christopher Green who resigned; Raj Bagri elected vice-chairman.

Chris Rose appointed communications manager; Michael Brown appointed director of government relations.

Murray Pezim appointed chairman of the board of directors.

MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $11.17 $6.04 $0.31 Price $9.50 $5.750 $0.21 Discount 14.95% 4.8% 32.3% Value $66,511,470 $96,739,725 N/A…

Joe Coors Jr. elected to the board of directors, succeeding Norman Visnes who resigned.

Paul Jones resigned as vice-president to resume his international consulting practice.

Major company Teck (TSE) recently terminated its option agreement on the Whitewater Group gold property near Nelson, B.C. Property owner Snowwater Resources (VSE) said it will extend a geological mapp…