Epp urges miners to voice land-use views
At the 8th annual mineral outlook conference held in Ottawa recently, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Jake Epp advised miners to get involved early in the consultation phase on the issue of la…
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B.C. increases grants
Mineral prospectors will get help from British Columbia’s $500,000 Prospector’s Assistance and Training program. “These grants help the prospectors of today search for the mines of tomorrow,” said Min…
New projects mean new challenges for Cominco
The challenges involved in starting several new operations dominated the recent annual meeting of Cominco (TSE). President Robert Hallbauer told shareholders that the company was applying its consider…
Low sales continue to plague Potash Corp.
A substantial drop in sales to the Potash Co. of America as it resumed its own production at the Patience Lake mine was the main factor behind a 84% first-quarter earnings tumble for Potash Corp. of S…
Safety important issue says new CDDA President
C.D. (Bud) MacDonald has been president of the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association for only several weeks, but already he expects that safety will be one of the more important issues to be dealt wit…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Noranda clarifies `tin suit’
For the record, your April 23 issue referred to “Tin suit fails” in which it was indicated that Noranda lost its suit against the federal government over the International Tin Council affair. In fact,…
Lab a memorial to Dr. Duncan Derry
A new electron microprobe lab, built as a memorial to Dr. Duncan Derry (1906-87), opened recently at the University of Toronto. Derry, an Officer of the Order of Canada, was inducted into the Canadian…
Agnico-Eagle quarter results reflect Dumagami acquisition
As indicated by Agnico-Eagle Mines’ (TSE) first-quarter results, the Toronto-based gold producer is starting to benefit from a recent amalgamation with affiliate Dumagami Mines. Bolstered by output fr…
Metal Prices (May 21, 1990)
FREE MARKET London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date May 15 May 14 May 11 May 10 May 9 Copper 1583-1585 1643-1644 1690-1695 1…
Third Eskay zone boosts neighbors
Recent drilling by Prime Explorations below the 21B and 21A zones on the Eskay Creek project north of Stewart, B.C., has encountered a new and discrete mineral zone that lies well beyond existing rese…
Equity Silver Mines earnings drop
First-quarter earnings dropped slightly for Equity Silver Mines (TSE), falling to $4.5 million on revenues of $25.9 million, compared with the previous year’s earnings of $5 million on revenues of $27…
Goldex likes broad widths of GE zone intersections
A $2-million underground exploration drive to determine the size, shape and grade of the Goldex Extension zone near Val d’Or, Que., is now well past the halfway stage. But even though partners Goldex …