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A new reserve estimate has been prepared for the AT zone at Cathedral Gold Corp.’s (TSE) Porcher Island property 35 miles south of Prince Rupert, B.C. The latest estimate is based on 78 holes represen…

Stratmin Inc. (ME) has signed a 15-year agreement with Asbury Graphite Mills which gives Stratmin the right to lease and operate Asbury’s mill near Notre- Dame- du-Laus, Que. The lease will enable Str…

I have pondered for several years the potential role of mining geologists in rock mechanics/strata control aspects of mining, and agree with the comment in your editorial (N.M., Oct 17/88. “Rock mecha…

While attention has been focused on the price of copper of late, another base metal has been showing its strength. Zinc is on the move after a summer lull, the spot price of the metal recently hitting…

We pulled on overalls, stepped into high rubber boots, donned hardhats, checked our lamps and got into Mine Foreman Reg Swain’s new Toyota Jeep. As daylight faded behind us, our eyes adjusted to the g…

The Namew Lake nickel-copper deposit, 60 km south of Flin Flon, Man., hosts diluted recoverable ore reserves of 2.58 million tonnes grading 2.44% nickel, 0.9% copper, 0.102 g gold per tonne, 4.11 g si…

Without accurate and complete information, no decision can be made, regardless of subject matter. How can a geologist or mining engineer recommend the acquisition of a property or the commissioning of…

Ore reserves and grade control can be managed dynamically to satisfy both mineral processing and management requirements by shipping a balanced mill feed grade and adjusting mine-planning to economic …

It’s no secret that pouring base metals matte in smelters built shortly after the turn of the century goes hand-in-hand with pumping acid rain-causing sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. Ask any smel…

Nineteen-eighty-eight has seen unexpected prices for most mine products. Base metal markets have been characterized by very tight immediate supply from terminal markets leading to very high prompt pri…

Something is going on in the Canadian uranium industry. It’s happening rather quietly, and it doesn’t involve the junior resource sector or most of Canada’s major mining companies. Foreign companies a…

As a boy, I first learned about platinum from my great-grandfather, a metallurgist who, back in the 1870s, worked it in high-quality laboratory equipment and dentistry. In those days, inventive minds …