COMMENTARY — Changing of the guard
The author is project manager of Keep Mining in Canada, a campaign designed to increase awareness of the importance of mining in this country.Now we start again.The election is over and there are new …
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Casmyn finds more ore at Turk
A recently discovered ore zone could boost profits at the Turk gold mine in Zimbabwe, reports owner Casmyn (CMYN-Q).The new area, which was identified in the western portion of the mine, is a lens of …
Little light shed on Delgratia salting scandal
Shareholders of Delgratia Mining (DELGF-Q) are finding more questions than answers in a report examining recent work at the company’s Josh property in Nevada.The audit, performed by consulting enginee…
Output of precious and base metals declines
Canadian production of refined copper, nickel and potash increased in April, compared with the same period last year. However, output of gold, silver, lead, zinc, primary copper, asbestos and salt was…
DIAMOND PAGE — Winspear, Aber recover diamonds from dykes
A total of 149 macros and 252 microdiamonds was recovered by caustic fusion analysis on a 137.1-kg sample obtained from 13 drill holes that intersected kimberlite dykes in a restricted 1-sq.-km area o…
Madison outlines Mt. Kare in PNG
Drilling at the Mt. Kare gold property in Papua New Guinea is attempting to determine the geological controls of the mineralization known to exist along the western side of the Main geochemical anomal…
Indo Pacific readies to drill in PNG
Indo Pacific Resources (IPF-A) will begin a diamond drill program at three of its gold exploration licences in Papua New Guinea.The 3-To-4-Month program, to begin in August, will test secondary or nea…
PEOPLE — YGC Res.
Graham Dickson, Robert Mill and Robert Stroshein appointed directors.
EDITORIAL AND OPINION — Alberta coal mine to preserve 450 jobs — Black gold
High-paying jobs are still hard to come by in Canada, no matter how optimistic economists are that better days are just around the corner. So when a resource project comes along with potential to keep…
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PEOPLE — FREEPORT-McMORAN (June 30, 1997)
G. Bellis appointed vice-president and chief information officer; Lynne Cooney appointed vice-president of executive and administrative support; Dean Falgoust appointed vice-president of tax.
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Breaking through at the Eagle
In the late 1960s I was working in the engineering department of Agnico Eagle Mines’ Eagle Gold mine, a new project near the town of Joutel in northwestern Quebec.The mine manager there, Harry Pike, w…