Cassiar purchases Newmont subsidiary
Cassiar Mining (TSE) has acquired Similco Mines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Newmont Mines, and its principal asset in Canada, the Similkameen copper operation near Princeton, B.C. The $10-million pu…
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Development award goes to Gordon at N.B. symposium
Morton Gordon, chairman of Gordex Minerals, has been named 1987 “Developer of the Year” by the New Brunswick Prospectors and Developers Association, and received a presentation at a recent gold sympos…
Test mill gets green light at Murgold/Chesbar prospect
Murgold Resources (TSE) President Charles McAlpine had some good news for shareholders at the company’s recent annual meeting in Toronto. He said Murgold and partner Chesbar Resources (ME) have electe…
Geddes’ Windy Craggy geometry more difficult than expected
Discerning the geometry of Geddes Resources’ (TSE) Windy Craggy deposit has been more difficult than anticipated — even from underground mine workings. The company has been drilling fan holes to stra…
Bitech, Greenstone see `89 production at Tache
Bitech Energy Resources (ASE) is targeting late 1989 as a production start-up date for the company’s Tache Lake polymetallic deposit in northern Quebec. Shared equally with Greenstone Resources, (TSE)…
Vista drill results
A 5-hole drill program has been completed by Vista Mines (TSE) on the company’s Bootleg property near Creighton, Sask. The drill program tested the Rio deposit below a depth of 500 ft. Hole 130 cut a …
Letters DEBATING THE DISCOVERIES
The following brief look at recent history is prompted by the article, “Debunking a Myth,” by Donald Cranstone which appeared in the January issue of The Northern Miner Magazine. Cranstone’s article s…
FALCO’S INIMITABLE CHIEF
In an article published in The Northern Miner in late November, 1985, Falconbridge Ltd.’s Chairman Bill James reported that finally, following several rocky years, the company’s balance sheet was soun…
WHAT’s NEW Fabric Fuel Tank
A new way to store liquids in exploration and mining camps is being marketed by sei Industries of Richmond, B.C. Called the Terra Tank, it is a fully collapsible container, constructed of a specially …
LETTERS SCOTT V.S. CRANSTONE
Fenton Scott’s letter made my day. I must have done something right if a barrage from an explorationist with his experience fails to improve my data and affect my conclusions. I first must disown the …
Law THE INSPECTOR KNOCKETH
Our lives are affected each day by government. Indeed, if you have been stopped by a police officer for a traffic violation you know the feeling as the heart rate picks up or a little more perspiratio…
WHAT’S NEW New Devices for Automation
Three new components, suitable for the automation of milling circuits, have been introduced by Davis Controls of Islington, Ont. A solid state pressure gauge, using a patented ceramic measuring cell, …