Better acid trap
A Texas firm, Aerological Research Systems, says it has developed a better smokestack device which removes practically all sulphur dioxide from emissions. Sulphur dioxide, released into the atmosphere…
News
News in Brief (January 02, 1989)
Canadian Platinum Refineries has been delisted from the Alberta Stock Exchange for failure to file listing requirements. News in Brief Enhanced Resources (1986) has been delisted from the Alberta Stoc…
Hardrock going underground
Hardrock Extension (TSE) has made a decision to go underground on its gold property near Geraldton, Ont. The company plans to drive a decline ramp to a depth of 150 ft on the V.G. zone and then to the…
Augmitto court case
A statement of defence and a $100-million counterclaim have been filed against Augmitto Explorations (TSE) by Q. C. Explorations (VSE), Gledhill Consultants, Thomas Gledhill and Donald Humby. Augmitt…
People (January 02, 1989)
ATHENA GOLD — Kenneth H. Wright appointed a director and president. People CANADIAN UNITED MINERALS – Stanley R. Ford and Joseph A. Charland appointed to the board of directors succeeding Brian Eamor…
USMX has net loss for 3 months
USMX Inc. (NASDAQ) of Lakewood, Colo., reports a net loss for the 3-month period ended Sept 30 of $252,000(US) or 2 per share on revenue of $1.81 million. For the same period a year earlier the compa…
Law A NECESSARY EVIL?
There appears to be a tendency for success in mine-finding to attract lawsuits. The lawsuits are advanced by lawyers on behalf of their clients, and sometimes it is the ingenuity of counsel that has e…
Metal Prices FUTURES PRICES (January 02, 1989)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US per lb.) Dec 162.00 155.05 156.75 — 2.15 Jan 153.90 149.00 15…
Japan and Taiwan big gold buyers
Japan is rivalling Taiwan as an importer of gold. According to news reports, Japan imported about 280 tons of gold in 1988, an increase of 40 tons from the previous year. Taiwan, which has been an avi…
Letters RESERVE RESERVATIONS
I agree with most of your editorial “Keep it Simple” (October issue) on (ore) reserves. However, “mineral inventory,” an established term also variously known here and elsewhere as “geological ore res…
NovaGold financing (January 02, 1989)
Following the successful completion of a financing, NovaGold Resources (TSE) plans to begin construction at its Murray Brook project on March 1, 1989, President Gerald McConnell says. The final part o…
Maintenance REINVENTING THE WHEEL
The life of off-highway tires has Tquadrupled in the space of a few Tdecades. Science and technology involving chemistry, mathematics, physics, mechanics and electronics have brought tires a long way…