1990

April 1-5, Sparks, Nev. The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Great Basin. At the Nugget Hotel. Contact Geological Society of Nevada, Box 12021, Reno, Nev. 89510. April 2-6, Birmingham, England. Metalwo…

So, you want to go public. You figure you can get together some money, start a public company to explore that mineral showing, find a mine. And get rich. I’ve been through that process during the past…

CHARGE IT We learned recently that nickel/copper production has been suffering at Falconbridge’s Sudbury refinery. Faced with a critical demand overload, Ontario Hydro triggered a clause in its electr…

Airborne, ground and borehole magnetometer surveys are not what they used to be. A revolution of sorts came in the early 1980s. “Smart” microprocessor-based magnetometers made it possible to store, re…

Explorationists made several so-called “blind” discoveries in the 1980s. At depths of 230 to 1,300 metres, these deposits are hidden well beyond the range of conventional air-borne and ground geophysi…

ELECTRIC TROLLEY TRUCK Wagner Mining Equipment, now owned by Atlas Copco, has introduced a 350-hp electric trolley truck. The EMT-439, equipped with a 1,000- volt, 3-phase electric motor, has a payloa…

The Louvicourt copper-zinc-silver-gold massive sulphide deposit, 24 km east of Val d’Or, Que., has 35.9 million tons (32.5 million tonnes) of geological reserves. These grade 3.11% copper, 1.34% zinc,…

We are writing to correct the story of how the Red Dog deposit in Alaska was discovered (TNMM, January, 1990). The following account comes from Robert Griffis, who was a member of the Watts, Griffis a…

Within the mining industry, there are varying opinions on the potential for an economic gold deposit in Nova Scotia. For this reason, we will attempt to give some insights on the past as well as curre…

When geologist Howard Stockford thinks about the major new copper-zinc discovery made by Aur Resources in Val d’Or, Que., a broad smile breaks across his face. It’s not hard to appreciate why. The Aur…

Toronto-based Kingswood Resources (ASE) has reported encouraging gold values from two recently completed holes on the Devon property in Beatty Twp., east of Matheson, Ont. Kingswood is earning a 70% i…

Despite continued strength in gold bullion prices, the Vancouver Exchange followed the New York and Toronto markets’ general direction, dropping 15.34 points to finish the period ended Feb. 20 at 725….