The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT MACLELLAN
SherrGold Inc.’s MacLellan mine, Snear Lynn Lake, Man., is the hands- down winner of the “Most Fiesty Mine of 1986” award. And for good reasons. Not only w as the decision to put the gold deposit into…
News
Annual Coal Review 1987 COAL REPORT DEVCO
Among the highlights of the 1986 activities of the Cape Breton Development Corp. (devco) were: steady progress in the development of t he new Phalen mi ne; a major expansion of the corporation’s coal …
SUPPLIER’S NOTES Jonas & Erickson
The Canadian software firm Jonas & Erickson has opened six new offices across the U.S. and Canada. New locations include New York, N.Y.; Fort Lauderd ale, Fla.; Chicago, Ill.; Denver, Colo.; Winnipeg,…
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT GORDEX MINERALS
At Cape Spencer, N.B., a small piece of land which juts into the Bay of Fundy, Gordex Minerals has demonstrated the viability of heap leaching gold ore in Canada’s Atlantic climate. Last year the St. …
Annual Coal Review
Canada’s coal industry has yet to recover from a drop in world demand. The result has been oversupply and a 30% fall in prices for both metallurgical and thermal coal between 1982 and 1986. The future…
SUPPLIER’S NOTES Computer-aided Electronics Enginerring (CAEE)
The application of computers to help engineer new electronic devices is snow- balllng at a rate near 30% per year in the U.S., a new study says. Computer-aided El ectronics Engineering (CAEE) in the U…
50 YEARS AGO –FEBRUARY, 1937– PROFITS HIGHER AT BRITANNIA
In view of the increase in the export refinery price of copper above 11 1/2 7inches, the Britannia Mining and Smelting Co., as of January 16, commenced the payment to its employees of a “copper bonus”…
50 YEARS AGO –FEBRUARY, 1937– GRADE OF ALGOMA SUMMIT ORE
Following a visit to the property The Northern Miner finds the question of pr obable grade of mill feed for the new 500-ton milling unit at Algoma Summit Gold Mines still unanswered. A 75-ton test mil…
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT STAR LAKE
The first “baby” of the Canadian gold mining year was born in north ern Saskatchewan. Located 115 km northeast of La Ronge, the Star Lake mine poured its first gold on Jan 2. In fact the gold pour is …
Hemlo Gold’s initial offering largest outside South Africa
Morgan Grenfell Securities of London says it expects Hemlo Gold Mines’ initial public offering will be the largest of any non-South African gold company. Although the issue has not been priced yet, th…
Annual Coal Review 1987 COAL REPORT QUINTETTE
The Quintette coal project is near Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia. It has long-term contracts for the supply of 5 million tonnes pe r year (plus or minus 5%) of high-quality metallurgi…
Annual Coal Review 1987 COAL REPORT OBED
Last year represented the second full year of operation of the Obed mine, which started producing in the fall of 1984. The open-pit mine is 24 km northeast of Hinton, Alta., and is a joint venture ope…