Business is a fun game to play for Bruce Walter
Roots in The Salvation Army run four generations deep for mining entrepreneur and dealmaker Bruce Walter, the chairman of Toronto-based WW Mines.
People in Mining
Editorial: Normandeau’s heart will go on
The onset of autumn can bring out a reflective mood in people.
Randy Turner: Reflections of a diamond industry pioneer
Energy companies have recruited geological talent from the University of Calgary for decades, so it’s no surprise that Randy Turner joined the sector after earning his B.Sc. degree in 1971. It was a wise career choice, with multinationals…
Obituary: Remembering ‘Jimmy Mac’ McDougall
James John (Jim) McDougall died in April at 86 years old.
Odds ‘n’ Sods: Life in Kirkland Lake during World War II
The following is an excerpt from Michael Barnes’ new book: Gold in Kirkland Lake, published by General Store Publishing House, and available for $29.95 at www.gsph.com. Contact the author at www.barnes4books.com.
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…
TNM Mining Persons of the Year: Ryan, Wood renew Yukon gold rush
Fourteen years ago Shawn Ryan and Cathy Wood were tromping around British Columbia, picking wild mushrooms. They loved the lifestyle, in large part because of its gold rush-style mentality: “You’d hav…
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.
John Felderhof speaks out at PDAC
“What happened to me could happen to anybody,” John Felderhof, a former geologist and senior vice-president at Bre-X Minerals, told a small group gathered in a seminar room at the recent Prospectors a…
Editorial: Osisko trio our Mining Persons Of The Year for 2009
The Northern Miner’s Mining Persons of the Year for 2009 are Osisko Mining’s president and CEO Sean Roosen, vice-president of corporate development John Burzynski, and executive vice-president and chi…
Golden Dory Follows Family Footsteps In Newfoundland
Golden Dory Resources’ (GDR-V) president and CEO, Kevin Keats, has been a prospector for as long as he can remember. When he was just a toddler growing up in Benton, Nfld., his father, who worked for …
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…