Atlantic changes name to Dexus
In keeping with its move out of the mining industry and into the iron and steel foundry business, Atlantic Goldfields (COATS) has changed its name to Dexus Inc. To coincide with the name change, Atlan…
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Insider Trading Pezim ups stake in Goldnev Res.
Vancouver promoter Murray Pezim recently moved to tighten his hold on Goldnev Resources (VSE), which has a 50% stake in the Goldstream copper-zinc property, north of Revelstoke, B.C. According to the …
Underground drifting adding to confidence in Rouyn mine
Underground exploration at the Francoeur gold mine, held equally by Rouyn Mining Resources (TSE) and LAC Minerals (TSE), continues to support the theory that proven reserves can be increased. Situated…
Additional cash for Int’l Platinum
Toronto-based International Platinum (TSE) has received a further $250,000 to finance exploration on the Duluth platinum project in Minnesota and the Goodfish gold property near Kirkland Lake, Ont. Th…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR An American’s farewell to mines
I am not renewing my subscription after more than 20 years as my “ore” zone is depleted, and no “new exploration” is anticipated. No new financing, either. I’ve always been interested in the mining sc…
Spending slump hurts Hillsborough
Reduced expenditures on exploration and development by the mining industry have had a negative effect on Hillsborough Resources’ (TSE) 1989 revenue. The mining contractor reported revenues of $31 mill…
DRILLS, DIGGERS, DOZERS AND SUCH
Clearing Drawpoints North Channel Engineering, near Sudbury, Ont., has developed Safe Shot blasting tubes to clear plugged drawpoints. Safe Shot consists of a self-tying, heavy-duty burlap blasting ba…
SHEDDING LIGHT ON SILVER
While the future of the automobile may be clouded (the ubiquitous family auto may yet be fingered as the No. 1 air polluter), it apparently is gaining a silver lining. Actually, car and van windshield…
CALENDAR (June 01, 1990)
July 2-6, Edinburgh, Scotland. 14th Congress of the Council of Mining and Metallurgical Institutions. Organized by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Contact Secretary, Institution of Mining an…
WESTRAY: CURRAGH’S COAL MINE
Jerry Bell is a mechanical engineer who, for the past 16 years, has worked on the construction of coal-fired electric generating plants in Canada. Today he’s in charge of another such project, in Tren…
THE NORTHERN MINER; JUNE 1940
U.S. NAVY NEEDS MORE ARMOR PLATE The largest awards on record for one time have been made by the U.S. Navy Department involving 22 ships to cost some $327 million. They include two 45,000-ton cruisers…
ENTREPRENEURIAL UPSTART; BLM’s Risto Laamanen
The mine engineering consulting Tand contracting establishment Tin Canada was built around the strong entrepreneurial, pioneering spirit of several mining men. That spirit was characterized by a willi…