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In Ontario the list of “tipster sheets” and “advisory services” is growing so quickly that the Ontario Securities Commission in response to public requests is investigating the situation. The “tipster…

At the annual meeting Macassa Mines Ltd. held March 23rd, shareholders were told by the president, R.A. Bryce, that there was every indication that ore results on the three new bottom levels would be …

In 1938, Noranda Mines enjoyed its best year of operations to date. Tonnage treated, production and earnings were at the highest point on record, a satisfactory financial position was maintained, and …

Preparations are being made to resume work at the property of Kiena Gold Mines, Limited, in the Siscoe area of Quebec. First work will be the extension of the north-easterly bearing crosscut on the 43…

Golf anyone? Tennis? Maybe commandeer one of Key Lake’s seven fishing boats and troll for lake trout? Or lift weights, shoot pool, play raquetball, curl, sweat it out in the sauna or choose sides for …

In many respects, seismic reflection profiling is like listening to a voice echoed from a cliff. For land seismic surveying, sound is either generated by explosions or by powerful radio-controlled vib…

Harry Oakes, staker and original president of Lake Shore Mines, Limited, and pioneer engineer-prospector of the Kirkland Lake district, added another distinction to his already long list when he was c…

The sending of British capital into Canadian mining and other enterprises is being affected by the suggestion of British authorities that Old Country brokers and bankers should not assist in the expo…

Mine operators at Inco’s copper/nickel mine in Thompson, Man., have a talent for innovation in more than one field. Even etymology is within their sphere of expertise, having invented a word of their …

The article in the March, 1989, issue on the Caribou mine of New Brunswick, gives a wrong impression on the discovery of the Caribou deposit. It says: “Cavalero, an American geologist from Maine, was…

As Canada’s miners tackle narrower vein deposits, they’ll need locomotives to haul the ore to the shaft in the mines that opt for track mining. But while locomotives have been around a long time, few …

All uranium-bearing minerals contain radium, the radioactive product of uranium decay. Radium itself decays and gives off the chemically inert, radioactive gas radon. Radon can percolate out of rocks …