Clean, bright, airy and spacious — not uncommon for office space, but for a flotation mill? Or more unusually still, a smelter? When it built its plant, Kidd Creek not only constructed a modern, func…
Falconbridge came into being because of the vision of two great men. The first was Thomas Alva Edison, the well-known inventor. The second was less well known, outside of mining, and far more private….
Falconbridge Gold Corp., a subsidiary of Falconbridge Ltd., produced 82,018 oz. of gold in 1990. Hoyle Pond, a high-grade producer near Timmins, contributed about 64,500 oz. to the total. The rest cam…
Despite the mining of 12 million tons of ore and the passage of nearly three years, there has been only one change in mining methods since we reported on Kidd Creek in the July, 1988 issue. On the oth…
Ever since the Falconbridge smelter was completely updated in the late 1970s — the original pelletizing and sintering plants were replaced with slurry-fed, fluidized-bed roasters; the blast furnaces …
After a disappointing performance in 1990, when the company was forced to close both its Kremzar and Ketza River gold mines, Canamax Resources (TSE) is pinning its hopes on the Golden Highway project …
Conforming with a trend to test old copper porphyry deposits for gold content, Cactus West Exploration (VSE) is planning a program for its Bank of Idaho property in southwestern Idaho. Cactus West acq…
James Wetherill appointed director succeeding George Heard.
Michael McInnis and Pauline McInnes appointed directors succeeding Robert Hunter, Jean Monroe and Douglas McRae who resigned.
International Potential Exploration Inc. (IEP:VSE) has changed its name to Banyan Industries International Inc.
Valerie Gold Resources Ltd. (VLG:VSE) has changed its transfer agent to Pacific Corporate Trust Co.
Like many companies that have sold off assets in a bid to pay off a crippling debt load, Belmoral Mines (TSE) is facing a vastly more limited horizon than the one it contemplated as recently as two ye…
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