Hardrock plans big drilling program
A 30,000-ft diamond drilling program has been recommended for the Hardrock Extension Inc. property near Geraldton, Ont. The work will follow up encouraging drilling completed last year which resulted …
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COMMODITY FUTURES PRICES (April 06, 1987)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) April — — 62.25 — May …
ON THE MOVE Goodman Equipment Corp. (April 01, 1987)
William Downey has been elected a director of Goodman Equipment Corp.
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– CENTRAL DUVERNY EXPLORES FOR OTHER
The fourth hole in the present drilling campaign has been completed to a depth of 650 ft at the property of Central Duverny Gold Mines, in Duverny Twp., Que., but assays were not available at press ti…
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– CANADA JOINS WITH KING SOLOMON?
According to archeologists, the gold operations in Arabia in which Premier Gold Mining Co. has an 11% interest date back 2,000 years B.C. It is admitted that there may be a little guesswork as to the …
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– SHERRITT TO MILL 1,500 TONS
The Sherritt Gordon mine was never in better position for production than it is at present, stated Halstead Lindsley, president, in addressing shareholders at the annual meeting in Toronto this week. …
SUGGESTION BOX Intelligent Monitoring
Curragh Resources, the new owner of the Cyprus Anvil lead-zinc mine in the Yukon, has installed a permanent monitoring system in its mill control room. The company says the system will cut costs consi…
EDITOR’S NOTE Improving Efficiency
Canada’s mineral extraction industry is based on the favorable geology with which the country was blessed, but it is people who developed the industry into one of the bulwarks of the national economy,…
MAINTENANCE The First-Line Foreman; A Critical profile
Keith Bowley is a Toronto-based maintenance management consultant. This is ** the first of a 2-part article. ** Miners could be described as people in the business of producing and pr…
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– WHY CANADA CANNOT MINT GOLD COINS
The reason the governments of Canada and other countries cannot mint gold coins or sell gold bars to the public is because this country and certain other countries are not on a fixed gold standard. W…
ON THE MOVE International Lead Zinc Research
The new chairman of International Lead Zinc Research Organization, of New York, N.Y., is Keith Spurr. He is vice-president, metal sales, for Toronto- based Cominco Ltd. and had been ilzro’s vice- chai…
LETTERS Remembering the Siscoes
As a person with some interest in the Canadian mining industry it is not unusual to read accounts of the history of different mining areas. I refer to the article “Focus on Val d’Or” in the January is…