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Not all underground mine vehicles are directly involved in bringing muck to surface. Auxiliary equipment is needed by all mines to move miners from place to place, to handle heavy materials and for a …

Out of a total workforce of about 412 (including salaried employees on staff), the fact that Key Lake’s maintenance department employs 154 workers says something about the operation’s priorities. “May…

The Midwest Joint Venture, which is developing a uranium mine at the eastern fringe of the Athabasca Sandstone Basin, faces very similar challenges to the ones facing Cigar Lake’s operators. That shou…

“Gold is hard to find, but it is even more difficult to mine.” Bob Buchans, the speaker, should know. As the man behind the CMP funds (a once-popular investment vehicle for flow-through share financings), he was responsible for funding part of…

Grassroots geological mapping is entering a digital revolution. If the trend gains momentum, it could be so far advanced by the turn of the century that exploration geologists will begin searching for…

Situated in the rolling Shuswap Highlands, 60 km northeast of Kamloops in south-central British Columbia (right), the Samatosum deposit is becoming the first of what Minnova Inc. believes will be a nu…

The use of geostatistics for reserve estimation began in the 1970s and, with the availability of computer technology, is becomin g increasingly accepted. Initially, few consulting firms were capable …

When talking to a lawyer, you might notice the lawyer uses words that are common in everyday speech, but somehow, when uttered by him or her, they take on a strange meaning that may or may not be simi…

A new exploration tool is being used to profile structures 12 km down inside the lithosphere. By L. Mayrand, A. G. Green, C. Hubert, S. L. Jackson, J. N. Ludden, B. Milkereit, R. H. Sutcliffe, and P….

The Geological Association of Canada presented two medals at its annual meeting in Montreal recently. From left are Paul Wojdak of the GAC’s mineral deposits division executive, W. H. Gross medal winn…

Work is under way on the first phase of a 2-phase exploration program at the Brett gold property 25 km west of Vernon, B.C. Operator Corona Corp. (TSE) reports the first phase will involve the drilli…

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