Computer program
An interactive computer program known as Mineral Wealth is providing young people with a wealth of information this summer at Sudbury, Ont. Ontario’s Mineral Wealth, which runs on a Macintosh computer…
1993
THE DIAMOND PAGE — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — More balance
In reading the editorial and letters pages of your Aug. 2 issue, it struck me that it was a pity you did not publish Paul Sarnoff’s article (“Canadian Diamond Stocks Can Be Dangerous to Your Wealth”)….
NEWS ROUNDUP — Pacific Sentinel deals to Patriot
As part of a move to focus solely on its Casino copper-gold project in the southern Yukon, Pacific Sentinel Gold (VSE) has sold its other property interests to Patriot Resources. Patriot, a private co…
Brazilian natives killed in attack
The massacre early in August of about 75 native people in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest is being blamed on illegal miners. News reports say members of a band of Yanomami Indians in northern Brazil were …
Akiko announces work programs
Joint-venture exploration programs are under way at the White River claims in Ontario and the Crescent Valley project in Nevada, reports Akiko Gold Resources (VSE). The White River gold project will b…
Agnico sees potential in La Ronde’s Zone 20
The Zone 20 orebody at the LaRonde gold mine west of Val d’Or, Que., has the potential to increase reserves significantly, Agncio-Eagle Mines (TSE) reports. The company has calculated a preliminary re…
ODDS’N’SODS — Overdue salute to Ernie Boffa
I have fond recollections of Ernie Boffa. He was born in northern Italy in 1904 and came to Canada with his parents and three sisters in 1907, settling in Alberta. In 1915, the family was in Fort Will…
PEOPLE — INT’L MAHOGANY (August 30, 1993)
A. Hendricksz appointed chairman; T. Crom appointed president and director.
PEOPLE — GULF INT’L MINERALS (August 30, 1993)
Ronald Adie appointed director.
Minefinders options Nevada properties
Vancouver-listed Minefinders Corp. has optioned ground held by Equinox Resources (VSE) in northern Nevada. The three properties lie within either the Carlin Trend or the Battle Mountain Trend, both pr…
Mine Mill union merges with CAW
The battle for Local 598 of the Canadian Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers in Sudbury, Ont., has been won by the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union. Local 598, which represents workers at Falconb…
Fairfield underground at Siwash North
It isn’t often that a company can turn a profit from bulk sampling. But that’s exactly what happened last year when Fairfield Minerals (TSE) extracted 2,030 tons from its Siwash North gold deposit, ne…