Inco to meet with union on underground proposal
Nickel giant Inco (TSE) will meet with union officials at its Sudbury, Ont., operations on Jan. 4 to discuss a proposal that would shift 85 unionized and non-unionized office workers into underground …
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Billiton completes Selbaie purchase
The sale of a 61.1% interest in Les Mines Selbaie to Billiton Metals Canada is complete, BP Canada Inc. reported. Financial details of the deal, which makes Billiton the sole owner of Selbaie, were no…
NEWS ROUNDUP — Beauchamps drills Quebec property
Drilling has commenced on Beauchamps Exploration’s (VSE) 87-claim Verneuil Twp. gold property just east of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que. In October, gold mineralization was discovered in a new pyrite-bear…
Queen’s to host centennial celebration
Queen’s University will host an international congress in Kingston, Ont., Aug. 23-26 to commemorate the establishment of its century-old School of Mines. Experts from North America, South Africa and A…
Encouraging assays from South Pipeline
Encouraging assay results were released by Royal Gold (NASDAQ) from the South Pipeline gold project in Nevada. The Denver-based company owns a 20% net profits interest in the property where a deeper h…
NWMA winners
At the recent Northwest Mining Association conference held here, Amax Gold was the overall winner in the financial report competition. American Barrick Resources was honored for best annual report, Di…
BOOKS IN REVIEW — Lively chronology of a gold rush
Ontario’s First Gold Rush: Eldorado, by Gerry Boyce. Published by Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. P.O. Box 95, Station O, Toronto, Ont. M4A 2M8. Few people realize that Ontario’s first gold rush…
PEOPLE — GOLD RESERVE (December 21, 1992)
Robert Turner appointed vice-president, mineral processing for Venezuela.
Nevada conference
The Sparks, Nev.- based Mining and Geothermal Committee will host a conference at the Nugget Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nev., March 11-13, 1993. Topics include the U.S. Mining Law and regulations perta…
Correction (December 21, 1992)
Consulting firm Pincock, Allen & Holt of Colorado was recently awarded a contract to design a restructuring program for Bolivian state-owned mining company COMIBOL. An earlier story (T.N.M., Dec. 7/92…
Lithoprobe has implications for mineral exploration
Lithoprobe, an integrated geoscience research program created in 1987, is providing new insights into mineral exploration in several mining camps in the Abitibi greenstone belt in Ontario and Quebec. …
Explosive land grab in N.W.T and Alberta
The area outlined for diamond exploration in the Northwest Territories and Alberta has grown to an estimated 50-75 million acres and there is no sign of a slowdown, local mining recorders say. At pres…