I would like to express my disappointment with a recent article that appeared in The Northern Miner (June 11/90) about the future of the city of Timmins. The article discusses the present labor proble…
A small Canadian mining company says it has signed a letter of intent with a Soviet organization to build an autoclave for processing arsenic-rich gold concentrates. Toronto-based Dingman Industries (…
London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date July 3 July 2 June 29 June 28 June 27 Copper 1495-1496 1497-1499 1533-1535 1474-1476…
The Irish government will prevent a small exploration company from mining gold on what is called a “holy” mountain in the south of Ireland. Although Burmin has a licence to explore for gold on the wes…
A move in the price of gold bullion to the US$362 level did not seem to help the Vancouver Stock Exchange’s Resource Index, the index dropping almost 15 points to close at 841.73 July 3. The Composite…
As development activity continues at Madeleine Mines’ (TSE) Lac des Iles palladium/platinum project near Thunder Bay, Ont., one of the company’s biggest shareholders has been buying the stock. Accordi…
The go-ahead to develop the Snip gold deposit north of Stewart, B.C., has been given by operator and 60% owner Cominco (TSE). The balance of the project is owned by Prime Resources Group (VSE). Approv…
The first gold and silver dore bar was recently poured at the Adelaide Crown open pit gold mine in Humboldt Cty., Nev. The mine is operated by Gold King Consolidated (NASDAQ), which leased the propert…
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) July 115.90 114.20 114.40 + 6.05 Aug 114.90 114.05 114.10 + 6.50 Sept 114.80 112.90 113.10 + 6.25 SILVER (in US c…
Adding pure oxygen to a conventional cyanide leach circuit has several advantages. It reduces the consumption of cyanide, lime and lead nitrate; it reduces the requirement for compressed air; and it i…
In almost every joint venture or other property acquisition agreement wheremoney is spent on exploration, development or other mining work, the operator is allowed to charge an allowance for overhead …
As custodians of a wealth of natural resources, Canadians are accustomed to plentiful, cheap electricity. We seldom worry about wasting it. But like communism in Eastern Europe, that attiutude is outd…
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