Fifty-seven per cent of our gold mines have developed out of properties which had been abandoned or became otherwise dormant. Only 36 1/2 % have been de veloped directly and con tinuously from the ori…
An initial bulk sample from Huldra Silver’s Treasure Mountain property east of Hope, B.C., has netted the company $344,265. The 407-ton sample, obtained from surface mining of the C vein, was processe…
A new 480-page occupational safety and health catalogue is available from Toronto, Ont.-based Safety House of Canada. Safety House, one of Canada’s major suppliers of safety equipment, medical supplie…
A new study to jointly recommend new coal research and development plans will be funded by the Coal Association of Canada, and the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, (canmet). A joint an…
When the Granduc Copper mine closed al most four years ago followed by Scottie Gold the town of Stewart prepared for the worst. But the last thing anybody should do is write off an historic mining tow…
I’ve read how easy it is to buy gold from a bank or trust company such as Guardian Trust. But how do you go about selling it? Is it easy to do? Do you have to pay any fees? J.K., Scarborough, Ont. Ac…
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 89.50 cents -91.50 cents per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.14-$1.18 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.75-$4.85 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). CAD…
Vancouver-based Westar Mining is Canada’s largest exporter of metallurgical coal although it also exports thermal coal. The company is 66.6% owned by British Columbia Resources Investment Corp. and 33…
Among the significant Ontario Geological Survey studies in the Northwest Region reported in the past year was the discovery of large areas of shallow oceanic platform sequences in several Ontario gree…
Re Juniors can’t afford red tape for speculators Jan 18: As one of the evil speculators who “hides behind a curtain,” etc., “in and out for a killing, or to rake the markets” whenever I get a chance, …
Avard Hudgins is building a mine. Nine fill-in holes put down on the L’Estrange shoot on Acadia Mineral Ventures’ Mooseland property in Nova Scotia have demonstrated the existence and continuity of a …
The value of mineral and petroleum products in British Columbia in 1987 rose to an estimated $3.4 billion, an increase of $184 million over the equivalent 1986 figure, according to the province’s depa…
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