First year gold output 33,000 oz for Crown
Gold output at the Kettle River project of Echo Bay Mines (TSE) and Crown Resources (NASDAQ) is expected to reach about 110,000 oz in the first year, 33,000 oz of that total accruing to Crown Resource…
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Placer completes Paymaster purchase
Placer Dome (TSE) has completed the purchase of a 60% interest in the Paymaster gold project at Timmins, Ont. American Reserve Mining (VSE) has received $18.2 million in cash for the sale of both the …
Noranda in place to take control of Aur discovery
Toronto-based Noranda Inc. (TSE) is quietly positioning itself to take advantage of a massive sulphide discovery reported recently by Aur Resources (TSE) and Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE) at the Louvic…
Magnacon first mine at Mishibishu gold camp…..photo
Cutting the ribbon to officially open the Magnacon mine, (left to right) Jack McAdam, president of Flanagan McAdam Resources; Ruth Ditto representing Windarra Minerals; and Terry Flanagan, president o…
Layoffs result as companies try to cust costs
Exploration staff at several mining companies have been reduced in the past six months in an effort to cut costs and keep overhead costs to a minimum. Exploration is commonly the first area to be cut …
Rock mechanics integral part of day-to-day mine operation
Management at the Campbell Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario takes its rock mechanics seriously. “They form an integral part of our ground support system,” S.M. Reid, mine manager of the Placer Do…
GASPE CONCENTRATOR
When the fatal fire in 1987 closed Wthe E Zone mine at Murdochville, Que., management at Noranda Minerals didn’t have a difficult choice to make as far as the smelter was concerned. The 70,000-tonne-p…
Westmin shareholders approve sale of petroleum division
Shareholders of Westmin Resources (TSE) voted overwhelmingly in favor of a reorganization that will see the company’s oil and gas assets sold to Norcen Energy Resources, an affiliated Calgary-based oi…
50 Years Ago U.S. COPPER SALES LARGEST IN 3 YEARS
Domestic sales of copper have been the highest in three years. At the end of last week, sales were 152,000 tons for the month to date — the highest since April, 1936. The domestic copper price advanc…
Toronto Stock Exchange Indices (July 03, 1989)
1989 June 27June 26June 23June 22June 21HIGH LOW Composite 300 3778.37 3772.78 3773.15 3740.02 3730.45 3806.03 3353.13 Mtls & Mnrls 3308.76 3348.86 3344.65 3253.83 3237.12 3564.92…
Sherritt resolves refinery troubles
Modifications at the Fort Saskatchewan nickel refinery to permit the processing of off-specification feed materials have been completed, Sherritt Gordon (TSE) reports. Feed from supplier Inco Ltd.’s (…
Letters NOT REALLY ABSTRACT
I would like to comment on some of the information presented in “King of Zinc,” the story on the Brunswick No. 12 mine (see April issue). The first is the statement on the “abstract nature of the geol…