PGM PERFECT
The six platinum group metals (PGMs) are elements that possess unique chemical and physical characteristics. Members of the group have been in high demand by jewellers since their discovery in ancient…
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Maintenance PREDICTING PROBLEMS
Mining companies have been traditionally slow in accepting or adopting new tech nology for predictive maintenance. I helped with the installation of such technology at the first planning and schedulin…
News in Brief (August 29, 1988)
Hudson-Yukon Mining Co. Ltd. has merged by amalgamation into All-North Resources Ltd.. Shareholders of All-North Resources will receive one-new-share for each old share; holders of Hudson-Yukon Mining…
Spot prices at a glance (August 29, 1988)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold (per oz) $432.10 + $ 3.10 Silver (per oz) $ 6.73 Platinum (per oz) $547.00 + $17.00 Copper (per lb) $ 1. $ 0….
Books (August 29, 1988)
Bicentennial Gold ’88 Conference — A 3-volume set of extended abstracts comprising oral and poster papers presented at Australia’s first international conference on the geology of gold deposits, May …
Black Swan ore being replaced
Gold production at Black Swan Gold Mines’ (VSE) Gabanintha project in Western Australia is presently averaging 40,000 oz per year, Arthur T. Fisher, president, said at the company’s annual meeting. On…
Shareholders shuffle Gordex directors, await Cambior deal
Some financial and technical muscle has been added to the board of directors of Gordex Minerals (TSE) of Saint John, N.B., after shareholders voted to replace four existing directors. The company coul…
Starrex earnings
Earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, totalled $1.1 million or 27 cents per share Starrex Mining Corp (TSE) reports. For the six- month period, profit totalled $1.29 million. Earnings were d…
Stratmin bids to open first graphite mine
Production of graphite concentrate is expected to begin by early November from Stratmin Inc.’s (ME) open pit graphite mine located 22 km south of Mont-Laurier, Que. Known as the Mont-Laurier property,…
Editorial Spending for the future
Exploration may be the lifeblood of Canada’s mining industry, but capital investment is what turns discoveries into the mines and mills that produce a marketable commodity. That’s why it is gratifying…
Alberta Gold’s Iris claims could be mined via open pit (August 29, 1988)
Edmonton-based Alberta Gold Exploration (ASE) has signed agreements worth nearly $3 million to finance exploration at the Iris joint venture in northeastern Ontario’s Harker-Holloway area, the company…
INSIDER TRADES (August 29, 1988)
Brohm — W. McClay sold 45,000 (June) to hold 583,500. Glencairn — R. Peereboom bought 100,000 (private, June, July) to hold 398,000. Highland Crow — G. A. Keevil sold 158,898 (private, Nov/87) to h…