Suppliers’ notes (September 07, 1990)
A materials-handling operation for gold heap leaching has been successfully completed at Echo Bay Mines’ Round Mountain facility in Nevada. The system is part of the operation’s expansion to 35,000 to…
News
A prime target; Underground exploration, bulk sampling and
Hemlo, Ont. is a long way from Eskay Creek, B.C. Despite this and other marked contrasts, both mineral projects skyrocketed to prominence as a result of unique and spectacular discoveries that were av…
Sensitive areas; Honoring Native Land Claims
It is axiomatic that it is as important to know the objective priorities of the opposite party to a negotiation as it is to know your own. This applies particularly to negotiations with aboriginal gro…
Managing with micros
Often going incognito, micro-computer chips are invading almo mine machinery. Laptop and other portable computers can now process information in the field. Today’s surveying equipment has on-board com…
Joint-venture disputes; Part One of Two; The first and foremost
There is no such thing as a simple legal dispute. Once legal begins or is seriously considered, a dispute over one matter spawns other matters until there is a whole school of disputes. As well, the r…
I.T.H. Bits
Down-the-hole or in-the-hole bits have been around for at least two decades now. Early on, the major players were TRW Mission (which is now with Sandvik), Ingersoll-Rand and Atlas Copco. As the popula…
Platinum group studies
Most of the world’s platinum group elements (PGE) are produced from PGE-reef layer within an ultramafic to mafic intrusion. A textbook example of a PGE reef is the Merensky Reef, within the Bushveld C…
NEWS IN BRIEF (September 03, 1990)
Lotus Resources Ltd. (LOT: ASE) has changed its name to Ashgrove Resources Ltd. (ASH: ASE) on a 1-new-for-1-old-share basis. Transfer agent is Montreal Trust.
COATS (over-the-counter) Louvicourt plans mine
Plans to bring the Louvicourt gold mine (Simkar deposit) near Val d’Or, Que., back into production did little to spark investor interest in joint owner Louvicourt Gold Mines. Louvicourt remained untra…
U.S. REPORT Homestake to operate Tonkin Springs
Tonkin Springs, the first commercial scale mill built in North America to incorporate bio-oxidation pretreatment of refractory gold ores, could soon be operated by a new majority owner, Homestake Mini…
Vien structures at Fontana have geologists baffled
Geologists working on the Fontana project near Amos, Que., are still trying to get a handle on the complex vein structures that control gold mineralization on the property. Disappointed by the last fi…
PRODUCER PRICES (September 03, 1990)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US81.50- 82.50 cents per lb. (Aug. 23, 1990). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US82-83 cents per lb. (Jun. 14, 1990). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.95-3.05 per lb. (Aug. 16, 1990). C…