The infamous “nugget effect” can be bad news for promoters of gold properties. Gold is unevenly distributed in such deposits, and so sampling can have the effect of either over-or under-estimating the…
The feast-or-famine extremes to which the mining industry is subject also plague mining schools. In 1982 for example, the Department of Mining Engineering at Queen’s University was polishing the skill…
It is common for one of the parties to a joint venture to have a particular wish to be the operator. This desire often arises when the party putting up the money wants to have control over how its mon…
In 1951, the MacLeod Cockshutt gold mine near Geraldton, Ont., hired the rangy, 16-year-old son of one of its miners. The boy had just graduated from high school, tops in a sparse class of only seven….
Contrary to what some may think, the Red Dog mine in northwestern Alaska has not been built on a grand scale — four 85-ton trucks, a couple of loaders and drills. Practically any medium-sized heap le…
Situated 110 km northwest of Stewart, B.C., the Johnny Mountain gold mine has geological reserves of 796,000 tonnes grading 18.9 g per tonne. The gold vein deposit is owned by Skyline Gold Corp. Coppe…
Feb 6-9, Vancouver, B.C. Annual Cordilleran Roundup. Sponsored by the B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines, B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Geological Survey of Canada, Dept. of India…
Contrary to what was reported (N.M., Dec 25/89), Toronto-based Dundee-Palliser Resources (TSE) is not earning a 50% stake in VSM Exploration’s (ME) Grevet Twp. zinc project in northwestern Ontario. Du…
Pegasus Gold (TSE) has declared a 10 cents (US) dividend on its common shares payable Jan 5 to shareholders of record Dec 22.
The proceedings of the 4th international symposium on mining with backfill ,held in Montreal Oct 2-5, 1989, have been compiled into a book, titled Innovations in Mining Backfill Technology. The usage…
The last of the assay results were released for the 1989 drilling program on the New World property in Park Cty., Mont. Noranda Inc. is earning a 60% interest in the property from Montana-based Crown …
The board of directors of International Platinum (TSE) recently appointed John Hansuld, Ph.D., as president of the company. Hansuld was former president of Canamax Resources (TSE) from 1983 to 1989, d…
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