Sherritt acquires titanium equipment
Equipment and related technology which can be used to produce titanium and titanium alloy powders have been acquired by Sherritt Gordon (TSE). The company says it will be able to develop a new line of…
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Magnacon project in break-in phase
The Magnacon gold project in northern Ontario suffered a couple of weeks delay but it is up and running and precipitating gold, said a spokesman for Muscocho Explorations (TSE). Steve Brunelle, vice-p…
Bunker Hill drilling returns good intercept
Underground drilling has encountered a probable extension to the Quill zone at the Bunker Hill zinc-lead-silver mine at Kellogg, Idaho (N.M., May 22/89). Bunker Hill Mining (VSE) re-activated the oper…
Bank tells Chelsea to pay $2.1 m loan
Toronto-based Chelsea Resources (VSE) was recently negotiating with several mining groups in a bid to resolve its financial problems. Chelsea and its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary Chelsea Resources (U….
SUPPLIERS NOTES
Gundle Lining Systems of Houston, Tex., recently completed an 8.5-million-sq-ft polyethylene lining project for a mine site in Ridgew ay, S.C. The Ridgeway gold mine is one of the largest mining taili…
CIGAR’S HIGH-GRADE HURDLE
Cigar Lake Mining Corp. is constructing a test mine at its large and prodigiously rich uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan. “This project is a major step toward development of a full-scale uraniu…
50 YEARS AGO WORLD GOLD BOOM
The end of the gold boom (a boom which caused annual world production rates to nearly double in the past nine years) is not yet in sight. World gold production in 1938, according to preliminary estima…
ON THE MOVE (June 01, 1989)
Keith Robinson has been appointed chief operating officer (Canadian operations) and principal consultant for Steffen Robertson & Kirsten’s (srk’s) North American group. He was previously principal own…
50 YEARS AGO QUEEN STEALS HEARTS
Captivating Sudburians as they have charmed the rest of Canada, Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth gave the nickel mining district an additional thrill this week by going underground t…
Key Lake Commuters
The trend to fly-in operations did not bypass Key Lake. Situated some 240 km north of the nearest major settlement, La Ronge, Sask., the operation began and continues to function as a fly-in mine. Wor…
50 YEARS AGO TIPSTER SHEETS AND THE PUBLIC
In Ontario the list of “tipster sheets” and “advisory services” is growing so quickly that the Ontario Securities Commission in response to public requests is investigating the situation. The “tipster…
50 YEARS AGO MACASSA DEEP LEVELS
At the annual meeting Macassa Mines Ltd. held March 23rd, shareholders were told by the president, R.A. Bryce, that there was every indication that ore results on the three new bottom levels would be …