Exploration ’88 NORANDA
Noranda Inc. is going hunting for base metals this year — not to the total exclusion of precious metals, of course, but enough to mark a major shift in emphasis. Last year, for every $6 spent trying …
1988
Exploration ’88 QUEENSTON
During 1988, Queenston Gold Mines expects its property interests will undergo a minimum of two underground exploration programs and four surface drill programs. Total exploration expenditures by Queen…
Exploration ’88 RIO ALGOM
Rio Algom, operating through its wholly-owned subsidiary Rio Algom Exploration, plans to increase its Canadian exploration activities in 1988, especially in its search for gold and massive sulphide ba…
Exploration ’88 ROYEX
The Royex group, which includes International Corona Resources, Lacana Mining and Mascot Gold Mines, expects to intensify its search for exploration and acquisition opportunities in 1988 under newly- …
What’s New High-pressure Slurry Pumps
High-pressure slurry pumps, manufactured by geho Pumps of the Netherlands, are now available in Canada. The company has established an office in Schofield, Wis. and has formed a new company — geho Pu…
50 YEARS AGO March, 1938 BUFFALO ANKERITE REPORTS PROGRESS
Continuing the remarkable forward trend which has been in progress for several years, Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines, in 1937, marked up increases of 120 per cent in net profits after all charges. The co…
Suppliers Notes
Outokumpu Equipment of Canada has been appointed the agent in Canada for the industrial line of products manufactured by Berthold of West Germany. ** Products include density gauges, level measurement…
D’Or Val, Perron merger in works
Two Hughes-Lang companies active in northwestern Quebec, D’Or Val Mines and Perron Gold Mines, have agreed in principle to amalgamate. D’Or Val operates a producing gold mine near Val d’Or, while Perr…
Increased growth forecast for mica
Consumption of mica in plastics increased strongly during the first half of the 1980s with the steady development of methods of using fillers to reduce costs and improve performance, Roskill Informati…
Letters to the Editor Flippant remark threatens flow-through
I read, with considerable concern, the ill-advised reference to flow-through funding in E. A. Schiller’s column in your Jan 11/88 issue. I particularly disliked the term “fairy godfather” as applied t…
Cal Graphite withdraws reserve and cost estimates for gold bet
A statement of reserves and capital costs for Cal Graphite’s recently acquired gold property near Magdelana de Kino in the Sonora province of Mexico could not be substantiated by formal engineering re…
St. Genevieve Res. seeks full control of Louvem Mines
A bid by St. Genevieve Resources of Montreal to buy up the outstanding balance of shares of Louvem Mines it does not already own has been announced. St. Genevieve holds an approximate 56% interest in …