The Nova Scotia government has appointed Justice Peter Richard to head an inquiry into the Westray coal mining disaster of May 9. Richard, 50, has been on the bench since 1978. “It is essential that N…
Toronto-based Kerr Addison Mines (TSE) was forced to break out the red ink in the first quarter of 1992 after taking a $3.2-million writedown on its 46% stake in zinc exploration company RFC Finance (…
Thermally stable polycrystalline diamond has been available to the drilling industry for a number of years now and cutters manufactured from this material have been found to perform extremely well in …
After a 4-year hiatus, shares of Comaplex Resources (TSE) are expected to resume trading following a settlement agreement between the Calgary-based company, its major shareholder, and staff of the Ont…
Gold prices have dropped partly because of dumping on the world market, including by the owners of the fraud-riddled Bank of Credit and Commerce International, says Cambior (TSE) President Louis Gigna…
Since the May 9 Westray mine disaster at Plymouth, N.S., rocked the nation, there has been no shortage of critics to say the mine should never have been opened. Everyone is suddenly an expert who beli…
In your guest column “Geostatistics or voodoo science?” (T.N.M., April 20/92), Jan Merks advocates the new “grade-squared partition technique” as a more precise and realistic approach to reserve estim…
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame has a new chairman. George Miller, president of the Mining Association of Canada, replaces Maurice Brown, who has chaired the Hall’s board of directors since the Hall’…
Ventex Resources Corp – 1,500,000 shs offered @ 10 cents per sh. Arlo Resources Ltd – 700,000 shs offered @ 51 cents per sh. Loumic Resources Ltd – 400,000 unit consisting of 1 sh and 2 wt @ $1.11 per…
During the sinking of the Craig shaft at Sudbury, Ont., Dynatec Mining says it developed the ability to drill and blast extremely long rounds. The concept was based on the use of a single large diamet…
The article “Canada has dismal record for return on gold” (T.N.M., March. 30/92) by Virginia Heffernan caused me to shake a negative head and pick up pen. Although I was weaned (1934-36) as a sampler …
Ontario Hydro has failed to make two payments worth about $3.2 million each for the delivery of shipments of uranium, Denison Mines (TSE) says. The mining company says Hydro has instead forwarded the …
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