Open Letter: From Felderhof With Love
— The following is the full text of an open letter from John Felderhof, former vice-president of exploration with Bre-X Minerals, after his acquittal on four charges of illegal insider trading and fo…
Letter to the editor
Letter to the editor: Watch out
—The following is an edited version of an open letter dated June 27, 2007, addressed to Joan Kuyek, National Co-ordinator of Mining Watch Canada, an anti-mining, non-governmental organization based in…
Letter to the Editor: Valuation of Multi-Element Metal Deposits
Some consultants are reporting the value of their client’s base metal resources in terms of “silver equivalent.” Accordingly, the descriptions provided, calculation of this “equivalent” begins with re…
Letter to the editor: Operating experience
This letter is prompted by Brian Hester’s response (T.N.M., June 3-9/05) to my response (T.N.M. May 13-19/05) to his piece published in the April 22-28 issue of The Northern Miner….
Letter to the editor: Hester vs. Kavanagh, round II
While I thank Paul Kavanagh for his response (T.N.M., May 14-20) to my contribution to Odds ‘n’ Sods (T.N.M., April 22-28), I am driven to question his recollection about the accuracy with which drill…
Letter to the editor: McFarland was his name
This letter was prompted by Brian Hester’s “Odds ‘n’ Sods” article (T.N.M., April 22-28). I worked for Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp. (YCGC) in Dawson City from December 1957 to May 1960, and during th…
Letter to the editor: Door still open to corruption
With the clamour arising from the regulators as they forge new rules and laws for his protection, the prudent investor might be lulled into thinking his investments in the resource industry are fully protected from corporate sins.
Letter to the editor: Diamond story a ‘story’ indeed
Thanks for the interesting Odds ‘n’ Sods article about the Crater of Diamonds deposit in Arkansas (T.N.M., Dec. 26/03-Jan. 1/04). The idea of turn-of-the-century industrial sabotage by De Beers and Op…
Letter to the editor: U.S. reader assails Chretien
If Canada desires to follow a narrow-minded, provincial Quebecois as its leader, so be it. You make your bed, . . .In the future, I hope other Americans remember Canada’s spinelessness. Actually it is…
Letter to the editor: The price of success
Tom Morrison (T.N.M., Sept. 2/02) raises an important issue in his letter. When I entered the mining industry, the main concern was that the World’s mineral resources were becoming exhausted. Jobs wer…
GSC marks 160 years
April 14 marked the 160th anniversary of the establishment of the Geological Survey of Canada.Those readers who were student employees in the field and laboratory will hold the GSC in special affectio…
Letter to the Editor: Columns rekindle memories
I would just like to tell you how much I enjoyed Dit Holt’s series of columns on the pioneers of Elliott Lake.I was raised in the townsite of Preston East Dome Mines. I was quite young during the back…