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Another quiet week, characterized by consistent low volumes and a general lack of interest in the market, has come and gone on the VSE. Brokers say investors are staying on the sidelines because there…

John J. Crowhurst, one of Canada’s best known mining engineers died Aug 13 at the Delta Hospital in Ladner, B.C. at the age of 69. “Jack” was educated in Vancouver, graduating from the University of B…

Gordon Strasser, a 59-year-old mining engineer, calls it “cookie jar mining.” The term describes a new method of mining those isolated pockets of rich gold mineralization which are too small to justi…

As our mines grow older, our miners are working in stopes which are deeper and deeper underground. Some stopes are 6,000 ft below surface and two new base metals discoveries in the Sudbury Basin — th…

In the fall of 1989, a major symposium focusing on all aspects of the gold mining industry of North America and Australia will be sponsored jointly by the Society of Mining Engineers of AIME and Austr…

Mine tailings that are dumped Minto lakes and other bodies Mof water are sometimes viewed with suspicion. Many people worry that the tailings contaminate drinking water. But studies done by Prof Thoma…

Once known as John F. Kennedy’s campaign song, the words of that popular tune from the 1960s mirrors the hopeful expectations of every mining company. Armed with a positive feasibility study, more tha…

NEWMONT MINING CORP — Richard B. Leather elected vice- chairman.

For the past several years northwestern British Columbia has experienced an exploration boom, and although it’s still early in the game, three gold camps have already been carved out of this rugged an…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold (per oz) $397.65 $3.95 Silver (per oz) $6.18 $0.01 Platinum (per oz) $495.00 + $3.00 Copper (per lb) $1.14 + $0.03 Lead (per lb) …

Canada’s position as a metals producer can’t be maintained without finding ** more deposits ** In the search for new mineral deposits, the preoccupation with gold in recent ye…

There are more than 100 advanced gold exploration projects in Canada today. The editors of The Northern Miner have tried to select some of the most promising gold exploration plays as the 1988 field …