New PDAC managing director
Dr Anthony Andrews has been appointed managing director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, succeeding Alan Bossin, who has returned to the insurance industry, in a senior executi…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
People (September 07, 1987)
Scotia Prime Resources — Craig Miller elected president.
ON THE MOVE Gerber Industries
Gerber Industries, a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of material-handling equipment, recently promoted Bruce Adams to plant manager of its Princeton facility. Adams has more than 14 years’ experience …
Suppliers’ Notes Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc., based in Peoria, Ill., has shown a profit for second-quarter 1987 of $118 million (US) or $1.20 per share of common stock, compared with $139 million or $1.41 per share for the same …
Suppliers’ Notes National Caterers
A Vancouver-based catering and camp management company has been working this summer on two Canadian gold mining projects. National Caterers, with its ** National Structures division, is providing mul…
50 Years Ago — September, 1937 — GRANBY COPPER SHIPMENTS TO
The shipment of copper concentrate to Japan by Granby Consolidated Co. has ceased, at least temporarily, as a consequence of the Sino-Japanese conflict. Japanese vessels which, under the terms of the …
50 Years Ago — September, 1937 — FRANCOEUR NEARING ZONE ON SECOND
There were indications early this week that the crosscut at the second level of Francoeur in the new shaft area had entered the ore zone. It is possible that the “A” oreshoot, which entered the shaft …
Core Shack KREMZAR GOLD
A shear-zone-related auriferous quartz vein deposit wholly- owned by Canamax Resources, Kremzar has drill-indicated reserves of 1,102,000 tons grading 0.251 oz gold per ton. The deposit, 50 km northea…
Computers SMARTER SMELTERS
We can significantly increase the efficiency of any plant at no capital cost to the company.” A rather startling claim to make, but Mr John Finch and Dr Marcus Sztrimbely, two engineers working out of…
ON THE MOVE University of Toronto
Mining Association of Canada Chairman Walter Curlook was recently awarded the prestigious McCharles Prize at the University of Toronto. Curlook is executive vice-president of Inco Ltd. The prize, a br…
Law THE NON-COMPETITION CLAUSE
Often when an employee is hired he or she is asked to sign an employment agreement or to agree to comply with the terms of employment. These may be extensive or quite brief, but the odds are they will…
New found gold HOPE BROOK ORE
The orebody at the Hope Brook zone is combined in an altered volcanic silicified sequence about 2 1/2 miles long. The actual Hope Brook formation occurs at the northeast end of this altered zone. It …