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In mining court in Toronto recently, Mr Justice Godson reserved judgment in the matter of the application of Kerr-Addison Mines for permission to dump slimes into a bay on the northeast arm of Larder …

LEP Chemical, a major chemical manufacturer in the United Kingdom, has come up with a rather remarkable solution to the time-consuming problem of repairing conveyor belts which develop tears and rips …

The Canadian mine-finding fraternity is jittery. Over the past three or four years, easy money (relatively speaking) has been available, thanks in large measure to the federal government’s brilliant t…

There comes a time in every explorationist’s life when he or she must enter upon private property. In most cases, no problems will be encountered, but every so often they are. The problem usually take…

The Hughes-Lang Group has grown to such an extent over recent years that it now comprises some 20 dif- ferent companies. The company has major programs in western and eastern Canada, the Yukon, Mexico…

Northair Mines has been developing the Willa property, in south eastern British Columbia, with partners bp Selco and Rio Algom. More than $10 million has been spent on exploration and development to d…

During the past three years, exploration expenditures have increased fourfold in the Pickle Lake, Meen Dempster and North Caribou areas of northwestern Ontario. By any measure, the money that has been…

Inco Gold, the recently-created company that handles Inco Ltd.’s gold exploration and development, will spend $40 million this year searching for precious metals around the world. This represents a 52…

Coniagas Mines, both directly and through affiliated companies, is pursuing a number of essentially gold exploration targets, which represent a 1988 budget of about $4 million. For Coniagas itself, th…

Saskatchewan Mining Development Corp.’s exploration expenditures are expected to increase in 1988 to about $8.5 million from $5 million spent in 1987. The largest portion, about $6 million, will be sp…

TOODOGGONE In terms of exploration activity, 1987 was one of the best years ever for the Toodoggone gold camp, north of Smithers, B.C. Much of the work was flow-through-funded, which obviously will pl…

The present is the key to the past. — Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875) Geologist Steven Scott, a professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Toronto, has one of the most exciting researc…