HUGE HAULERS
What moves on all fours, stands Wso tall that even basketball Wplayers can walk under it, and sports a pea-sized brain (relative to its mass, of course)? Well, certain types of dinosaur would have qua…
News
METALLURGICAL GRAB-BAG
Bacteria Cellulose A chemical has been created using an advanced biotechnological process involving a strain of bacteria that produces cellulose. The resulting product, called Cellulon, has properties…
Anglo Canadian raises $400,000 for Timmins bet
lDynamic Capital has agreed to provide Anglo Canadian Mining (TSE) with $250,000 to finance the first stage of exploration on the MWF gold prospect in Matheson Twp. near Timmins, Ont. Anglo has also r…
Papers on acid drainage invited
Acidic mine drainage is the largest single environmental problem facing the industry today. In Ontario and Quebec alone, there are 40 abandoned mine sites classified as hazardous waste sites because o…
U.S.REPRT Pacific Sentinel options Arizona gold prospect
An aggressive drill program is being planned by Pacific Sentinel Gold (VSE) for a recently optioned bulk tonnage, potential heap leach gold property in La Paz Cty., Ariz. Pacific Sentinel can acquire …
Falling aluminum hits Amax income
A 40% drop in the price of primary aluminum from early 1989 levels was responsible for a decrease in the first-quarter income reported by New York-based Amax (TSE), according to Chairman Allen Born. A…
EDITORIAL Small can be beautiful
A mine doesn’t have to be big to be a winner. A small, well-managed mine that makes money is better for shareholders than a big mine that struggles to get out of the red. The bottom line is profitabil…
PEOPLE NORGOLD RESOURCES
Steven Potter appointed president; Richard Graeme, appointed vice- president Operations; Robert Schafer appointed vice-president Exploration and Acquisition.
PEOPLE TERRATECH RESOURCES
Gerry Curtis appointed president and chief executive officer and director succeeding Hugh Cameron who has resigned but continues as a director; Neil Paget appointed chairman of the board.
National Research Council trying to improve drills, bits
The National Research Council has been involved in studies which it hopes will prove useful to the diamond drilling industry. The current status of research seeks to refine testing devices for the ass…
Davis optimistic on B.C.’s mining future
Jack Davis, British Columbia’s minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, told members of the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association that B.C.’s mining industry enjoyed a period of “relative pr…
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…