CROSS-CUTS Gold quiz answers
Apparently quite a few readers were stumped by our gold trivia quiz in the June issue. We’ve been flooded with calls, letters and teletype message s asking f or the answers. For those who may have mis…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Montreal Exchange Essor big trader
Moderate-to-slow trading characterized the week on the Montreal Exchange, where the market was generally up and the big gains were recorded early in the week. Resource issues tended to become listless…
Tundra busy with gold and platinum
Tundra Gold Mines has started drilling with two rigs on its properties in the Labrador Trough area of northern Quebec and Labrador. Initial results from the first hole include a 48-ft section of massi…
ON THE MOVE Victaulic Co.
Victaulic Co. of Canada has appointed Doug Irwin as district sales manager of no rth- central Canada, including Manitoba, northern Ontario and northwestern Quebe c. Based in Sudbury, Irwin has been a …
ON THE MOVE Inspiration Resources Corp.
Burton Joyce, senior vice- president and chief financial officer of New York, N. Y.-based Inspiration Resources Corp., has been appointed president and chief exe cutive officer of the corporation’s S…
North American gold title held by Newmont Gold (August 03, 1987)
The North American title for the largest gold reserve base goes to Newmont Gold Co. Newmont Gold, which is an affiliate of Newmont Mining Corp., controls properties hosting proven and probable reserve…
MANAGING Job satisfaction
“A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of a little courage. Everyday sends to their graves obscure men whom timidity had prevented from making a first effort; who, if they had been ind…
ON THE MOVE Eimco Jarvis Clark Co.
Michael Stevens has been appointed drilling manager at Eimco Jarvis Clark Co., based in Burlington, Ont. He is now responsible for all marketing activ ities re lated to Eimco Jarvis Clarke’s Eimco Sec…
Aber, Freeport drill
Drilling is under way at Aber Resources’ Bugow gold prospect at Russell Lake, N.W.T. Freeport-McMoRan Gold, which is operating and financing the program, can earn a 51% interest for expenditures of $7…
Caribbean nickel
Falconbridge Dominicana is the second biggest ferronickel producer in the world. Among lateritic nickel operations, Falcondo’s capital cost is o ne of the lowest for nameplate capacity. At about $3(U…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Gold prices have positive effect
Stronger gold prices have turned the Vancouver market much more positive. Also, with tensions building in the Middle East and inflation rising here and in the U.S., there is still room for improvement…
The Swede’s lead
When Mike Amsden, Falconbridge’s vice-president and general manager for Kidd Creek Mines, travelled to Stockholm earlier this year to attend the 13th World Mini ng Congress, he took a $1.25-million pu…