The Kidd Creek Division of Falconbridge Ltd. at Timmins, Ont., does not expect a 16-day loss of production to affect overall 1990 production, according to Vice- President and General Manager Warren Ho…
Perhaps if the name were changed from “promoter” to “entrepreneur,” things would be different. Entrepreneurs, after all, are glorified by the same journalists who have no qualms about vilifying those …
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters is often at loggerheads with the mining industry on the issue of land use, but even this environmentally act group recognizes the economic importance of m…
To anyone who has never lived in the north, the importance of mining may not be readily apparent. There are no well-publicized statistics on the role mining plays in the economies of northern areas of…
Although mining has not historically been a key economic factor in the Thunder Bay area, exploration activity has continued to be strong with a significant growth trend. According to the Thunder Bay E…
The situation in Quebec has been rather quiet on the taxation front in the past year, except for the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST), where partisanship has stirred controversy. The 7% GST is now…
Whenever the subject of mining in Manitoba comes up, the Parres family is likely to be mentioned. Lew, for one, was dubbed prospector of the year for 1988 by the Prospectors and Developers Association…
A surface sampling program on McMurray Twp. claims near Citadel Gold Mines’ (TSE) Surlaga mill east of Wawa, Ont., is turning up some interesting results. The claims are held by Citabar Ltd. Partnersh…
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Quebec’s city of Val d’Or is no longer the northern supply and distribution centre it once was because of the progress in that area made by nearby Rouyn-Noranda. The city, however, continues as a viab…
The discovery of a third massive sulphide zone at the Windy Craggy project in the far northwestern corner of British Columbia is being viewed by Geddes Resources (TSE) as an important new development….
A recent employment advertisement in your paper reminded me that old prejudices die hard in the mining industry (or maybe they never die at all). I am referring to an advertisement attempting to recru…
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