Cuts THE `THROW-AWAY’ GEOLOGIST
It comes as no surprise that major mining companies are having a tough time finding exploration geologists with five to 10 years’ experience Not that there aren’t enough young geologists out there Pro…
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THE JUST_IN_TIME MINE
April 29, 1985, has special significance for geologist Richard Cavalero That’s the day he received notice that Anaconda Minerals was going to sell off its assets Included in the sale was a deposit he…
UNCERTAIN PROSPECTS
Of all the words that might best describe the exploration industry in 1988, none is more appropriate than “contrast” — dramatic contrast Still reeling from the devastation of the October, 1987, stoc…
Laws `WYSIWYG’
In the language of the computer Isalesman, the acronym wysiwyg Istands for “What You See Is What You Get” — a commendable thought not only in computers but also in mining agreements Unfortunately, wi…
HIGH GRADE AND HIGH HOPES
Keen observers of drill core at the annual meeting of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in Toronto last March may have noticed a box of unusual core from the Bathurst camp Taken from …
Letters Handsome Bonus
In an article on American Barrick President Robert Smith, in the September issue, a bonus devised by him and Dr Brian Meikle is credited with keeping the union out of the Camflo mine The article ment…
Letters ON METRIC, BONUSES, PINCHI
In the November issue, there was a letter that suggested you contributed to the confusion between metric and other systems of measures It referred to an earlier article that stated one troy ounce is …
50 YEARS AGO TODAY DEAN OF GEOLOGISTS
A world figure and one of the leading scientists of his time has passe d from the picture In the death of Dr Arthur Philemon Coleman, dean of Canadian geologists, the country has lost a great contrib…
Letters Life-saving Radio
I think Patrick Whiteway has missed one of the key points about the real reason why HudBay (Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting) continues to turn the heads of more conservative mining groups His story about…
THE BIG NICKEL SEARCH
These are not exactly boom times in nickel exploration for Canada’s two major nickel producers It’s not like the late 1960s and early 1970s when Inco Ltd went searching for lateritic nickel deposits …
50 YEARS AGO TODAY ROCK BURST STUDY
The question of rock bursts in northern Ontario mines is receiving the study of government authorities, Premier Hepburn has announced Some 10 days or so before the recent Lake Shore accident, a commit…
A LOOK AT LINDSLEY
The Lindsley deposit, 6 5 km north of Sudbury, in Blezard Twp, Ont , is 100%-owned by Falconbridge Ltd It is a polymetallic sulphide deposit, with values in nickel, copper, cobalt, gold, platinum and…