1988

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…

The buzz of activity in platinum exploration has created some confusion among investors. Assays are often reported as “pgms per ton.” That means all six of the platinum group metals (or pgms) containe…

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 …

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…

Dickenson Mines plans to spend $1.3 million on various exploration projects in 1988. This is roughly the same amount spent in 1987 and the search is again primarily for precious metals. In the Slocan …

Rayrock Yellowknife Resources will spend about $3.5 million on exploration this year. Most of the money will be used in a search for precious metals, including reserve definition drilling on the Costa…

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…

Two Hughes-Lang companies active in northwestern Quebec, D’Or Val Mines and Perron Gold Mines, have agreed in principle to amalgamate. D’Or Val operates a producing gold mine near Val d’Or, while Perr…

Consumption of mica in plastics increased strongly during the first half of the 1980s with the steady development of methods of using fillers to reduce costs and improve performance, Roskill Informati…

I read, with considerable concern, the ill-advised reference to flow-through funding in E. A. Schiller’s column in your Jan 11/88 issue. I particularly disliked the term “fairy godfather” as applied t…

A statement of reserves and capital costs for Cal Graphite’s recently acquired gold property near Magdelana de Kino in the Sonora province of Mexico could not be substantiated by formal engineering re…

A bid by St. Genevieve Resources of Montreal to buy up the outstanding balance of shares of Louvem Mines it does not already own has been announced. St. Genevieve holds an approximate 56% interest in …