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Metal Prices (May 01, 1989)

FREE MARKET London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Apr 25 Apr 24 Apr 21 Apr 20 Apr 19 Copper 1800-18…


Negative results reported by USMX (May 01, 1989)

Drill results are not encouraging from USMX Inc.’s (NASDAQ) Goldbanks Hill propery in Pershing Cty., Nev. The first 11 of 21 holes on the property failed to intersect significant mineralization, the c…


Athabaska Increases Reserves at Nicholas Lake

Recent drilling by Athabaska Gold Resources (VSE) has boosted probable and possible reserves at the Nicholas Lake gold project near Yellowknife, N.W.T., to an estimated one million tons grading 0.32 o…



OFF-HIGHWAY HAULAGE

The following are summaries of a selection of papers delivered at a conference entitled “Off-Highway Haulage in Surface Mines.” Sponsored by the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET…


What’s New Blast Monitor

Instantel Inc. of Kanata, Ont., is marketing a new family of seismographs suitable for blast monitoring. The DS-677 BlastMate features electronic storage of up to 30 blast events and a computer interf…


What’s New Loadstar at Westar

The Greenhills mine in southwestern British Columbia began using a new Demag H285 hydraulic excavator in 1988. The unit is the first in Canada, according to Wajax Industries of Etobicoke, Ont., distri…


What’s New Rock Breakers

Two new light-duty impact breakers have been introduced by Ohio- based Allied. Both hammers feature a patented hydraulic design. A nitrogen gas charge minimizes oil fed by the carrier pump, according …


50 Years Ago YELLOW TIDE FLOWS TO AMERICA

Pouring in panic across the Atlantic, gold has fled Europe like a refugee from a battlefront. Nothing, in size, to compare has been seen before. The amount received, monthly by the U.S., a little by C…


Historical plaque to be unveiled at Brittania

A plaque commemorating the historic mining town of Brittania Beach, B.C., will be unveiled by Mary Collins, M.P., on May 13. A reunion for former employees and residents of Brittania mines will be hel…


NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND

Canada;s `muck-chasers’ meet once a year to swap ideas. Here’s what’s hot. Chasing muck is no picnic. And it’s becoming even more demanding now that base metals prices are on the upswing and more min…


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