Canamax, Pamorex open Bell Creek gold mine
Credit was given where credit was due at the official opening ceremony of the Bell Creek gold mine near here. Officials of Canamax Resources and Pamorex Minerals, equal partners in the venture, acknow…
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Canadian postal dispute (October 05, 1987)
A dispute in the Canadian postal service could disrupt mail service due to rotating strikes throughout the country. Subscribers in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver may obtain their copies of The Northe…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES THE HARNISCHFEGER INSTITUTE
The Harnischfeger Institute, in New Berlin, Wis., is offering trainin g programs on P&H Bucyrus-Erie and Marion electric mining shovels. The programs are conducted at the customer’s mine and are desig…
ON THE MOVE COMINCO RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL
The following have been appointed to the board of directors of Cominc o Resources International: Robert Hallbauer; Geoffrey Harden; Oscar Johnson; Paul Kavanaoh; Norman Keevil, Jr.; J. D. Little; Owen…
ON THE MOVE EXPLORATION MIMISKA
Exploration Mimiska, of Val d’Or, Que., has named Claude Britt as vice-president, exploration. A geologist with more than 15 years’ experience, Britt has worked for Noranda Exploration since 1984. As …
ON THE MOVE ARK ENERGY
Vancouver-based Ark Energy has appointed geologist Stanley Sandner as mine manager of the McKinney gold mine project. The mine is 20 miles northeast of Osoyoos in southern British Columbia and is own…
PROFILE Two heads are better
Had her husband been born 20 years later, Anne Flanagan is convinced that, instead of making his name as half of Canada’s most successful mineral exploration team, he would have been an astronaut. “Te…
Chibougamau bustle
Eighty-three years ago, Joseph Obalski steered his canoe into a hitherto little-explored mineralized region in the northwestern part of the province. As Quebec’s inspector of mines, he had examined th…
LAW Joint ventures
As most people connected with the mining industry know, the joint venture is a creation of the tax system and therefore cannot possibly be either simple or straightforward. In fact some people find it…
From Timmins to Val d’Or
When Juri Houtman left his New York City office last August to move t o Timmins, he really wasn’t prepared for the problems he was about to face. As assistant to the vice-president at Asarco Inc.’s mi…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES LHD EQUIPMENT
LHD Equipment of North Bay, Ont., will receive a contribution of $75,000 under the federal government’s Industrial and Regional Development Program. The funds go towards the cost of a $300,000 project…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES DEER & CO.
Deer & Co. reports net income of $25.5 million(US) or 38 cents per share for the third quarter of its 1987 fiscal year vs. a restated quarterly net loss of $33.8 million or 50 cents per share last y…