Canamax bids for 100% of Ketza
Toronto-based Canamax Resources (TSE) has eliminated some of the uncertainty surrounding the Ketza River gold mine by agreeing to acquire partner Pacific Trans- Ocean Resources’ (TSE) 50% stake in the…
1989
What’s New Portable Filter
A portable pressure filter, suitable for doing tests to determine the filtration and washing properties of slurries either in the lab or in the field, is available from Outokumpu Equipment Canada of M…
Australia’s Gwalia opens U.S. office
Another Australian mining company has opened an office in the United States. Gwalia (USA) Ltd., the North American affiliate of the Gwalia Group, has established an office in Denver, Colo. The company…
Eastmaque to expand production at Cargo Muchacho
By September of this year, Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) is expecting to pour the first gold from its new American Girl Canyon open pit mine in California. The heap leach operation is part of the company…
Partners terminate option on Interlake’s Hemlo play
A chapter in Hemlo history appears to have come to a close. Teck Corp. (TSE) and Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) have terminated their option to earn a 100% interest in several key claims owned by Internationa…
THE ECONOMICS OF THIOUREA
If cyanide costs $2 per kg and if it costs between $8 and $14 per kg to destroy it by chemical methods, then it may be more economic for a gold mine to use thiourea to leach its ore. Here’s the reason…
News in Brief (May 01, 1989)
Tri Pacific Resources has changed its transfer agent to Pacific Corporate Services.
Continental Mt Milligan
The extent of the low grade porphyry gold-copper system at Continental Gold Corp.’s (VSE) Mt. Milligan project in central British Columbia should be known after the current step-out drilling program i…
AN INVENTIVE MIND
“Vaino Ronka is the only guy I know who can follow you into a revolving door and come out ahead of you.” — Alex Herz, Ronka’s business partner. When geophysicists think of fixed-wing airborne elect…
Cominco still adding up profits
Although most base metal producers won’t say how long they expect metal prices to remain strong, the latest financial results from Cominco Ltd. (TSE) suggest the good times are not over yet. Higher me…
Denison committed to uranium
Shareholders of Denison Mines (TSE) heard a familiar story at the company’s annual meeting in Toronto recently. More than 400 shareholders filled the concert hall of Toronto’s Royal York Hotel to hear…
Arsenic levels curb Inco refinery output
Electrolytic nickel production at the Thompson, Man., operations of Inco Ltd. (TSE) will be reduced during the next several months because of processing difficulties, the company reports. Higher than …