Two executives in the Canadian drilling industry, Christopher Bavage and Frank van Poppel, died recently in an automobile accident while on business near Timmins, Ont.
Bavage was vice-president and general manager of Longyear Canada. He held senior executive positions since joining Longyear in Australia in 1969. He was recently appointed Canadian regional director for Boart Longyear. Poppel joined Longyear in Holland in 1984 as sales engineer. Four years later, he joined the N. Morissette division in Haileybury, Ont., where he served as regional contract manager before being promoted to general contract manager in 1992.
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