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The flotation column is arguably the most important piece of mineral processing equipment developed in Canada in the past decade. But its acceptance has until now been thwarted by the lack of a sound …

In April, The Northern Miner Magazine featured a story on Inco’s Crean Hill mine in Sudbury, a shut- down nickel producer transformed by modern technology into a state-of-the-art, all-electric operati…

We all need it, although some need it more than others. Our families and friends become closer to us through it. Our co-workers grow when we take it. Our businesses benefit from it. What is this magic…

The Kierens Zone is an epigenetic gold deposit on Aur Resources’ First Canadian property, 10 miles west of Val d’Or, Que. Based on surface drilling results, the deposit is estimated to contain drill-i…

The gold discovery by Metalore Resources not only sparked a staking rush into the Beardmore area of Ontario, but a stock market play as well. Announced by The Northern Miner in March, 1986, the news o…

SEW-Eurodrive Co. of Canada, based in Bramalea, Ont., has opened its third Canadian plant, in Lasalle, Que. The new facility offers the Quebec mining industry its choice of more than two million diffe…

To the east and to the west, gold is revitalizing a moribund Canadian mining industry. In Nova Scotia earlier this year, Seabright Resources produced a gold bar from development muck at its Forest Hil…

Most agreements that contemplate a party acting as an operator to carry out exploration or other mining work financed by several parties permit the operator to charge against the project some of the o…

Your recent article “Where to Explore” (March issue) claimed that British Columbia was among the least supportive of the provinces when it comes to assisting mineral development. Nothing could be fart…

Last week, the Minister of Finance, Michael Wilson tabled the government’s long-awaited proposals for tax reform. In general terms, the proposals call for a broadening of the income tax base for both …

Most of the news emerging from the Australian mining industry has been sufficiently promising to keep an overheated stock market on the boil. Gold issues have been at the forefront of speculative inte…

Recently accepted for listing on the tse was Geodome Resources, which has completed a final feasibility study for its Sunbeam mine in Idaho. President Herman Whiton Jr. reports the feasibility study e…