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“You can send them to charm school, you can polish them up, but real managers are born. If you don’t have the latent talent you won’t be a good manager.” John Hansuld, whose grip on the wide-open thro…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
What’s New SHAKE ‘N BAKE
LEP Chemical, a major chemical manufacturer in the United Kingdom, has come up with a rather remarkable solution to the time-consuming problem of repairing conveyor belts which develop tears and rips …
Editor’s Note THE FLOW-THROUGH JITTERS
The Canadian mine-finding fraternity is jittery. Over the past three or four years, easy money (relatively speaking) has been available, thanks in large measure to the federal government’s brilliant t…
Silverside reports new Garrison zone
A new zone of gold mineralization has been discovered 260 ft north of Zone 5, which trends east- west, on the Garrison property in the Matheson area of northern Ontario, Silverside Resources reports. …
Minefinders pleased by drill results
Drilling in 1987 returned encouraging results from a section of a shear zone which appears to extend entirely across the East Group gold property in Dubuisson Twp. near Val d’Or, Que., Minefinders Cor…
Metal Snips (February 29, 1988)
World crude steel output rose to 734.7 million tonnes in 1987, 2.7% above the tonnage produced in 1986, according to preliminary figures issued by the International Iron and Steel Institute.
Westar seeks debt relief, along with higher prices
Calling himself an “eternal optimist,” Westar Mining President Peter Dolezal is confident the coal company’s problems will be turned around. The problems, he says, are threefold. Coal prices are too l…
Letters to the Editor Cominco’s smelter means U.S. jobs
Recent press reports have wrongly portrayed Cominco’s large zinc-lead-fertilizer complex at Trail as a threat to employment in Montana and Idaho (N.M., Feb 1/88). The reverse is true. Cominco’s smelte…
Montreal Exchange: Freewest options bet
Montreal junior Freewest Resources has struck a deal with an Australian mining firm. A subsidiary of “down under” company Ashton Mining has acquired an option from Freewest to earn a 65% interest in t…
N ovaGold, Northumberland to merge
Two junior Nova Scotia gold explorers are planning a big Maritime wedding.Presidents Gerald McConnell, a Halifax lawyer, and geologist Dr William Young of Toronto, have agreed to amalgamate their tw…
Abitibi Metals confirms down-dip extension
Two additional holes drilled in the vicinity of hole 87-15 have confirmed the down-dip extension of a gold-bearing zone discovered at the Jolin property in Carpentier Twp., 55 km northeast of Val d’Or…
Tangled Canacord web involves Pioneer, Prime
Vancouver stock promoter Murray Pezim has told The Northern Miner that his merchant bank, Prime Capital, may be interested in acquiring Pioneer Metals. Such a move could facilitate an attempt by Pione…