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Samples from Flag Resources’ (ASE) Wanapitei property in Mackelcan Twp., Ont., have returned anomalous values of nickel, cobalt and gold. The samples, taken from altered sandstone north of Jones Lake,…

Quebec is committed to promoting the safe use of asbestos, the province’s deputy prime minister and minister of energy and resources recently told an international conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia…

When your writer was at Cord Ranch recently, he should have stopped by Alligator Ridge. He would have found that Kennecott Corp. and Nerco Inc. no longer own Alligator Ridge; rather, USMX Inc., a soli…

Trading activity was relatively flat during the week ended Nov. 26, with the resource index posting a 1.3-point loss to 508.17 and the composite index gaining 5.2 points to close at 561.55. The recent…

Over the past two decades, Peter Ackerman Allen has fused together a perplexing assemblage of small, linked mining companies into a single, modern, big-league gold player called LAC Minerals. Along th…

The El Indio mine sprawls across several peaks of the Chilean Andes some 4,000 m above sea level. A collection of profitable underground and open-pit mines, the complex lies approximately 190 km east …

Decentralized control and mine managers who are fully responsible for each of their mines. Thats the philosophy of LAC Minerals, a million-ounce producer with an empire in both the Americas overseen o…

At the rarefied elevation of 4,000 metres above sea level, you learn to adjust physiologically. You regularly take extra gulps of air to compensate for that occasional, uncomfortable breathless feelin…

Thayer Lindsley had an undisputed talent for finding and developing mines. Patience, however, wasnt one of his strong points. As president of the rapidly expanding Ventures Group in the early 1940s, L…

If ever there were to be a country-wide award for flexibilty in processing plants, for adapting to changing times, then LAC Mineral’s Est Malartic mill would be the run-away winner. The mill was built…

Rockbolts are rare at El Indio. You might find them in the service bays, along with screening or shotcreting. But they are not in evidence in the main drifts or in stopes. Only where drifts cross faul…

Aeroquip (Canada) Inc. has introduced MatchMate Plus, a trademarked crimp hose assembly system that includes a new one-piece global fitting and other enhancements to its popular Match Mate system. The…