Editorial: Mining’s no game
The first week of May was a deadly one for Canadian miners and mineral explorers.
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Editorial: The two lions of Southern Africa
The mining community in Canada probably has more connections to South Africa than any other group in the country, and so the death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 5 provided many miners here with time to reflect on the man’s leadership, as well…
Obituary: WGM’s Jack McOuat
John (Jack) McOuat, an icon of the Toronto mining scene and the last surviving co-founder of the independent geological and mining consulting firm Watts, Griffis and McOuat (WGM), died on July 30 at age 80 at the Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
Larger than life: Weighing the legacy of Marc Rich
One of the greatest, if most controversial, of all commodity traders has died.
Obituary: Danie Krige, South Africa’s giant of geostatistics
Danie Krige, a household name to anyone who studied or practiced the science of evaluating mineral resources for mining purposes, died recently in Johannesburg.
Obituary: Kinbauri founder Christopher Gleeson
After a 60-year career as distinguished scientist, explorer, pioneer and innovator, Christopher Gleeson has died of cancer.Born in Ottawa in August 1931 to Irish immigrants, Gleeson earned his B.Sc. from Loyola College in Montreal in 1953. He…
Obituary: Ken Wright: taking a Detour to success
Ken Wright had three passions: his family, metallurgy and his pipe.
Obituary: Scintrex founder Harry Seigel a giant of geophysics
Canadian mining has its “Greatest Generation” too, and lost one of its foremost members with the passing of geophysicist extraordinaire Harold O. Seigel on July 13 at North York General Hospital in Toronto.
Obituary: Remembering ‘Jimmy Mac’ McDougall
James John (Jim) McDougall died in April at 86 years old.
Obituary: Bud Laporte
Irvin Joseph (Bud) Laporte (b. 1933) died on Jan. 12, at the age of 78, in North Bay, Ont., after a battle with cancer. He was the husband of Shirley (predeceased) and a father and grandfather.Laporte started working in the diamond drilling…
Obituary: Paul Smith
Paul Lamond Smith (b. 1934) died peacefully at home on Jan. 8 in Shubenacadie, N.S.Born in Halifax, Smith studied geology at Mount Allison University. He worked in the mining industry in northern Ontario; Elliot Lake and at Kid Creek Mine in…
Obituary: Underground mining engineer Glenn O’Gorman, dies at 60
Glenn Robert O’Gorman, a hard rock underground mining engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the industry, died on Aug. 28 in Montreal. He was 60.