5 5 Page 4 By Glenn Dredhart PublisherPr esident Contd on pg 5 It is one thing to hear rumors about mini staking rushes into the well known Hemlo Gold District and at the historic silver cobalt producing T own of Cobalt in Northern Ontario but quite another to get the facts from those companies actually participat ing in the scramble In order to clea r the smoke of specula tion with the hard wind of facts Min ing Life and Exploration News has devoted two sections of this edition to events at Hemlo and the T own of Cobalt This year our Canadian Mining Expo is occurring May 31June 1 at the McIntyre Community Centre in the City of T immins The Investors Fo rum will be on June 1 with speakers knowledgeable about not only the two mini mining rushes but developments in the Golden T riangle of Northeast ern Ontario The T riangle comprises the Mining Camps of T immins Matheson and Kirkland Lake While these camps have produced more gold than any other area in North America new discoveries and intensive exploration programs have added decades more to their lives W ith cautious optimism returning to the mineral production and explora tions sectors it is important to make certain proper information is avail able at this juncture That is why at tendees at our Investors Forum will obtain the late st news to help them make decisions afecting the very future of their operations as well as about their personal investments I remin d the mining fratern ity that common knowledge is often old knowledge and that wellestablished mining camps change over time The T immins Mining Camp was born in 1909 with the discovery of the Dome Hollinger and McIntyre Mines The Hemlo ground was staked in 1979 and gave birth to the Gold en Giant David Bell and W illiams Mines Cobalt was the original mining rush sparked by discoveries made in 1903 Dozens of silver cobalt producers created a thrivi ng town in the middle of nowhere Modern equipm ent new technologies Facts and just the facts Publisher s V iew MORE THAN 6 0 KM SOLD WORL WIDE Pr ovide air at least twice as far with a single fan in a 48 in G SPEED AIR DUCT v ent line comp ar ed t o a exible or a st eel line SPEED AIR DUCT infoplasticminer com plasticminer com 1 8667979436 T oll fr ee Nor th America 1 8197688888 Local Int er national INCRE ASE AIR FL OW REDU CE ENER GY C OS TS Optimize under gr ound mine v entilation with the G SPEED AIR DUCT a safe light air tight compr essible and highly ef cient plastic tubing Supply mor e air far ther using less pow er and sav e big on ener gy thanks t o G PL AS TICS gr oundbr eaking duct t echnology Page 5 and updated mineral theories adopt ed and refned by a new generation of geologists and technologists have led to fresh eyes being cast on areas long considered past their prime Cobalt the mineral was tossed into piles of tailings during the boom days of Cobalt the town but today that min eral is needed So too are such indus trial minerals as lithium graphite and manganese among others all basic to modern societies Many such minerals were found by prospectors over the decades but of ten ignored as precious metals such as gold and silver and base met als such as copper and zinc were what the world wanted Knowledge is power and fact s are the basis of all knowledge