Calpine plans work on Sask. property
Calpine Resources says it will carry out detailed electromagnetic and magnetic surveys on its Eisler Lake, Sask. property this month. The work will cover the DD and George’s Lake auriferous zones deli…
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Books (January 05, 1987)
Mining Latin America — Mineria Latinoamericana Conference papers presented and held in Santiago, Chile, Nov 17-19, 1986. ISBN 0 900488 92 1, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, North American Publi…
MSV Resources completes financing
MSV Resources and MSV Partnership 1986 and Co., have completed the 1986 financing for two of their three properties. The $2.2 million obtained to date will permit MSV to earn interests of 10% in Place…
Letters to the Editor Don’t kill the golden goose
The following letter has been sent to Finance Minister Michael Wilson at Ottawa. Dear Mr Wilson: There have been rumors in the press that your government is considering cancelling flow-through financi…
From floundering to fun, every company name tells a story
“At first we floundered around a bit,” confides the mining executive. A harebrained financing scheme that never stood a chance? A bungled start-up with nothing but one headache after another? A down-i…
Tax Angles Flow-through must be retained
In a recent address to the Canadian Tax Foundation, the minister of finance, Michael Wilson, alluded to a proposed general curtailment of tax preferences that enable some high income earners to reduce…
Petromet in deal on N.S. gold bets
Under a memorandum of agreement, Petromet Resources and Greenstrike Gold Corp. will spend $300,000 each by the end of February this year on the Nova Scotia mining properties of Onitap Resources. Locat…
ON THE MOVE FREEPORT MINING CO.
Robin Hickson is the new vice-president of Freeport Mining Co., a subsidiary of Freeport Minerals Co. He will be relocating to the Freeport-McMoRan Inc. headquarters in New Orleans, La., where he wi…
ON THE MOVE IRD MECHANALYSIS
IRD Mechanalysis of Stoney Creek (Hamilton), Ont., has appointed Robert Taylor as district manager of the Montreal North territory and Douglas MacMillan as consulting service technician covering Quebe…
Profile The Luck of a Low-Grader
Dennis MacLeod has this thing about ore grades. He likes to find ways of making money at grades so low that most of the mining fraternity would turn its nose up at it. It’s no wonder he was attracted …
WHAT’S NEW The Tools of Automation Hydraulic Hammer
Allied Steel & Tractor Products of Solon, Ohio, has introduced a new hydraulic rock hammer. Called the 780 Hy-Ram, it can deliver 450 to 900 blows per minute with an energy of 5000 ft-lb. Blow frequen…
ON THE MOVE MINERAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Calvin Cramer has been named manager of customer services for Mineral Processing Systems. He joined the York, Pa., company in 1971 and most recently was manager of design and applications engineering….