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The search for better extraction Ttechnology has turned into a Tgold rush of another kind in the labs of Canadian researchers For some time now, scientists in the U S , South Africa, the U S S R , and…

Hallnor Mines, in the Porcupine area of northern Ontario, has straightened away into a more representative pace of production, with the mill treating about 340 tons of half-ounce ore daily With a high…

With this our fourth issue in as many years dedicated to mining exploration across the country, we are trying something new In issues past, we covered grassroots exploration This time, we asked a se…

Diamond-impregnated bits and Dthe wireline method of recoverDing core (without removing the drill rods) have been an industry standard since they were introduced in the 1970s Various safety features …

Throughout its history the Noranda company * * * has manifested what is tantamount to genius in finding, by accident or design, the right man for the job — from the book “Noranda” by Leslie Roberts N…

The question of rock bursts in northern Ontario mines is receiving the study of government authorities, Premier Hepburn has announced Some 10 days or so before the recent Lake Shore accident, a commit…

These are not exactly boom times in nickel exploration for Canada’s two major nickel producers It’s not like the late 1960s and early 1970s when Inco Ltd went searching for lateritic nickel deposits …

A world figure and one of the leading scientists of his time has passe d from the picture In the death of Dr Arthur Philemon Coleman, dean of Canadian geologists, the country has lost a great contrib…

In the November issue, there was a letter that suggested you contributed to the confusion between metric and other systems of measures It referred to an earlier article that stated one troy ounce is …

Skeptics in the industry will be watching the metallurgical results at Caribou very closely But Mill Manager Steve Williams and Mill Foreman Vic Ferron are confident it will perform up to snuff That…

In black type and couched in an authoritative tone, a press release from the would-be mining company announces an initial ore reserve figure: “2 5 million tonnes grading 6 3 g gold per tonne ” This is…

Canadian mining crashed U S news magazine columns last week when Time, the popular big-circulation vehicle, picked up an exclusive report from The Northern Miner The item concerned the impending entr…