Exploration ’88 RIO ALGOM
Rio Algom, operating through its wholly-owned subsidiary Rio Algom Exploration, plans to increase its Canadian exploration activities in 1988, especially in its search for gold and massive sulphide ba…
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Exploration ’88 ROYEX
The Royex group, which includes International Corona Resources, Lacana Mining and Mascot Gold Mines, expects to intensify its search for exploration and acquisition opportunities in 1988 under newly- …
What’s New High-pressure Slurry Pumps
High-pressure slurry pumps, manufactured by geho Pumps of the Netherlands, are now available in Canada. The company has established an office in Schofield, Wis. and has formed a new company — geho Pu…
50 YEARS AGO March, 1938 BUFFALO ANKERITE REPORTS PROGRESS
Continuing the remarkable forward trend which has been in progress for several years, Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines, in 1937, marked up increases of 120 per cent in net profits after all charges. The co…
Suppliers Notes
Outokumpu Equipment of Canada has been appointed the agent in Canada for the industrial line of products manufactured by Berthold of West Germany. ** Products include density gauges, level measurement…
Tin conference (February 29, 1988)
Metals Week’s Second Tin Conference, which will focus on North America, is set to go May 12 in New York City. The conference will be held in conjunction with the American Tin Trade Association’s annua…
Silverside reports new Garrison zone
A new zone of gold mineralization has been discovered 260 ft north of Zone 5, which trends east- west, on the Garrison property in the Matheson area of northern Ontario, Silverside Resources reports. …
Minefinders pleased by drill results
Drilling in 1987 returned encouraging results from a section of a shear zone which appears to extend entirely across the East Group gold property in Dubuisson Twp. near Val d’Or, Que., Minefinders Cor…
Metal Snips (February 29, 1988)
World crude steel output rose to 734.7 million tonnes in 1987, 2.7% above the tonnage produced in 1986, according to preliminary figures issued by the International Iron and Steel Institute.
Westar seeks debt relief, along with higher prices
Calling himself an “eternal optimist,” Westar Mining President Peter Dolezal is confident the coal company’s problems will be turned around. The problems, he says, are threefold. Coal prices are too l…
Letters to the Editor Cominco’s smelter means U.S. jobs
Recent press reports have wrongly portrayed Cominco’s large zinc-lead-fertilizer complex at Trail as a threat to employment in Montana and Idaho (N.M., Feb 1/88). The reverse is true. Cominco’s smelte…
Montreal Exchange: Freewest options bet
Montreal junior Freewest Resources has struck a deal with an Australian mining firm. A subsidiary of “down under” company Ashton Mining has acquired an option from Freewest to earn a 65% interest in t…