Broad operating experience, coupled with an ability to motivate people, has won spurs for the manager at Placer Dome’s Detour Lake operation — considered in the industry to be a tough assignment. “I …
A few companies have the bulk of mineral exploration dollars behind them in the Yukon this year. Topping the list is the ambitious Mt. Hundere silver-lead-zinc property near Watson Lake, where a conso…
Slightly lower prices for base metals combined with increasing costs resulted in reduced second- quarter earnings for major nickel miner Falconbridge Ltd. (TSE). The company reports that markets for i…
Proceeds from gold and silver sales in fiscal 1989 at the Aurora mine of Minerex Resources in Nevada will be used for operations, debt repayment and waste stripping, said President Rodney Duncan. Mine…
While Toronto-based Denison Mines (TSE) is still negotiating to sell its oil and gas assets before concentrating on uranium mining, the wisdom of that decision has yet to be reflected on the company’s…
Phelps Dodge Corp. (NYSE), the largest copper producer in the United States, is reported to be contemplating beefing up its exploration role in Canada. The company has not been active in Canadian ex…
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Standing over some Louvicourt drill core are (from left), Aur geologist Yves Rougerie; Benoit Diamond Drilling President Annuncio Benoit and his son Pierre; Aur regional exploration manager Don Bubar …
Lu Bayrock died recently at his home in Vancouver after a battle with cancer. A quaternary geologist, he successfully used his knowledge of glaciation as a consultant to the mining industry. He was cl…
The Mines Accident Prevention Association of Ontario has made its 1988 awards to the province’s safest mines. Falconbridge Ltd.’s Sudbury operation won for the safest underground mine employing more t…
MPV BGR Central Capital Net value $11.96 $ 6.01 $0.57 Price $10.125 $ 5.62 $0.33 Discount 15.34% 6.4% 42% Value $71,186,209 $101,248,732 N/A…
The team from Afton Operating Corp. won the recent provincial mine rescue competition in Prince George, B.C. The winners are: (back row l to r) Doug Birkenhead, Brian Hurren, Mike Logan, Arne Von Mayd…
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