LAW More straight talk on royalties
What is a royalty? In virtually all cases, it is a right to be paid money. Whether or not a royalty-holder will ever actually receive any payments may be open to question and will depend upon a number…
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WHAT’S NEW OPEN PIT EQUIPMENT Blasthole Drill
Robbins Manufacturing has introduced a new 50,000-lb pulldown blasthole drill capable of drilling 9-in diameter holes. The unit features a Caterpillar 3406 engine rated at 402 hp, a 950-cu-ft- per-min…
Golden Shield acquires old Kerr Addison Mine
Old gold mines never die, they just get taken over by ambitious junior exploration companies with fresh insights into the old operation’s hidden ore reserves. At least that’s how it looks after VSE-li…
Ojibway reaches option agreements
Agreements with two companies have been concluded by Ojibway Resources on two of its properties in northwestern Quebec. Canhorn Mining has agreed to acquire a 50% interest in property in Glandelet Twp…
METAL MARKETS Sluggish growth forecast for wire, cable industry
Sluggish growth is forecast this year for the American insulated wire and cable industry by Business Trend Analysts, Inc., a business research and publishing firm. In a report titled The U.S. Insulate…
Quebec Explorers, Cogesco spend more than $1 million
Joint-venture partners Quebec Explorers and Cogesco Mining Resources spent more than $1.3 million on a recent drilling program to explore the Dubuisson Twp. property in northwestern Quebec. The 6-mont…
WHAT’S NEW OPEN PIT EQUIPMENT New Hydraulic Shovel
Hitachi Construction Machinery of Brampton, Ont. , has introduced into the Canadian market a new hydraulic mining shovel, the EX3500. Incorporating advanced technology such as a computer-aided engine-…
WHAT’S NEW Milling equipment Vertical conveyor saves space
Stephens-Adamson, an Allis-Chalmers company, has introduced a new high-angle conveyor belt designed to save space in mills and concentrators. The company has also introduced a number of new conveyor b…
WHAT’S NEW OPEN PIT EQUIPMENT New Scraper
Wotco of Casper, Wy., has introduced a new auger-scraper for use with the Caterpillar 615 wheel tractor. The new 16AS scraper self-loads up to 16 cu yd of material in about one minute. Material flows …
Asbestos research program launched
An $11-million research and development program for Canada’s troubled asbestos industry has been launched by the federal and Quebec governments. The money will be spent over a 4-year period, with Otta…
Books (June 01, 1987)
GOLD — History and Genesis of Deposits by Robert W. Boyle of the Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ont. Hardback, 676 pages, ISBN 0-442-21162-7, $76.45(C), Macmillan of Canada, 164 Commander Blvd,…
General News & Comment Sask. minerals
Economic Minerals of Saskatchewan, the proceedings of a symposium held in Regina late last year, is now available for purchase from the Saskatchewan Geological Society, at Box 234, Regina S4P2Z6. Soft…