INSIDE Safety key issue for diamond drillers
New CDDA President Bud MacDonald says safety will be one of the more important issue to be dealt with by the diamond drillers’ association in the year ahead. Page B7…
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INSIDE B.C.’s Jack Davis foresees good year
British Columbia’s mines minister says the province’s mining industry enjoyed a period of “relative prosperity” in 1989 and he expects the same in 1990, and when the mining industry does well, the dia…
INSIDE Safety awards highlight luncheon
N. Morissette Canada scooped up three awards at a special safety luncheon during the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association’s annual meeting in Vancouver. Page B7…
INSIDE Small drills offer flexibility in setup
Since 1983, Hydracore Drills has been developing a new drill suitable for drilling on difficult surface setups that would allow easy movement and repositioning. The result is two drills that are compa…
Corrections (May 21, 1990)
Contrary to what was reported (T.N.M., April 16/90), the Caribou lead-zinc mine in New Brunswick, which Breakwater Resources (TSE) has agreed to acquire, contains proven reserves of 1.9 million tonnes…
INSIDE Graphite’s role in making drill bits
Without graphite, used in drill-bit molds, the diamond drill bit industry may not have been able not have been able to reach its present state of development. Page B2…
EDITORIAL Small can be beautiful
A mine doesn’t have to be big to be a winner. A small, well-managed mine that makes money is better for shareholders than a big mine that struggles to get out of the red. The bottom line is profitabil…
National Research Council trying to improve drills, bits
The National Research Council has been involved in studies which it hopes will prove useful to the diamond drilling industry. The current status of research seeks to refine testing devices for the ass…
Davis optimistic on B.C.’s mining future
Jack Davis, British Columbia’s minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, told members of the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association that B.C.’s mining industry enjoyed a period of “relative pr…
Epp urges miners to voice land-use views
At the 8th annual mineral outlook conference held in Ottawa recently, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Jake Epp advised miners to get involved early in the consultation phase on the issue of la…
B.C. increases grants
Mineral prospectors will get help from British Columbia’s $500,000 Prospector’s Assistance and Training program. “These grants help the prospectors of today search for the mines of tomorrow,” said Min…
New projects mean new challenges for Cominco
The challenges involved in starting several new operations dominated the recent annual meeting of Cominco (TSE). President Robert Hallbauer told shareholders that the company was applying its consider…