The Midwest Test
The Midwest Joint Venture, which is developing a uranium mine at the eastern fringe of the Athabasca Sandstone Basin, faces very similar challenges to the ones facing Cigar Lake’s operators. That shou…
News
And now the bad news
“Gold is hard to find, but it is even more difficult to mine.” Bob Buchans, the speaker, should know. As the man behind the CMP funds (a once-popular investment vehicle for flow-through share financings), he was responsible for funding part of…
DIGITAL PROSPECTING
Grassroots geological mapping is entering a digital revolution. If the trend gains momentum, it could be so far advanced by the turn of the century that exploration geologists will begin searching for…
ORE HORIZONS THE SAMATOSUM DEPOSIT
Situated in the rolling Shuswap Highlands, 60 km northeast of Kamloops in south-central British Columbia (right), the Samatosum deposit is becoming the first of what Minnova Inc. believes will be a nu…
Suggestion Box THREE SOLITUDES
The use of geostatistics for reserve estimation began in the 1970s and, with the availability of computer technology, is becomin g increasingly accepted. Initially, few consulting firms were capable …
LAW LEGALISE EXPLAINED
When talking to a lawyer, you might notice the lawyer uses words that are common in everyday speech, but somehow, when uttered by him or her, they take on a strange meaning that may or may not be simi…
PROBING THE DEPTHS
A new exploration tool is being used to profile structures 12 km down inside the lithosphere. By L. Mayrand, A. G. Green, C. Hubert, S. L. Jackson, J. N. Ludden, B. Milkereit, R. H. Sutcliffe, and P….
Photo (May 29, 1989)
The Geological Association of Canada presented two medals at its annual meeting in Montreal recently. From left are Paul Wojdak of the GAC’s mineral deposits division executive, W. H. Gross medal winn…
Corona/Huntington active at Brett
Work is under way on the first phase of a 2-phase exploration program at the Brett gold property 25 km west of Vernon, B.C. Operator Corona Corp. (TSE) reports the first phase will involve the drilli…
Gold funds as of May 23 (May 29, 1989)
BGR Goldcorp Central MVP Capital Net value $11.53% 6.86% 6.14% 0.63% Price $9.25% 4.000% 5.375% 0.38% Discount $19.77% 41.7% 12.5% 39.7% Value …
Geologists to study Sudbury’s orebodies
Geologists from Laurentian University and the University of Toronto will use a $160,000 provincial grant to study the structural geology of the Sudbury Irruptive, a body of intrusive rocks related to …
CANMET to license processing program
After 10 years of research, the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET) is ready to license its new ore processing computer program. Computer Aided Mineral Processing (CAMP) will make…