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| Ts the Climax Moly mine at | Kitsault planning, to » re-open?

Only the U.S. owners in Denver know - and they won't say —

An interesting
“mystery” surrounding
the possible re-opening
and enlarging of a
molybdenum mine at
Kitseault, near Alice Arm.
and Stewart, that could
absorb’ most of..the 600
miners and operating
staff of the Granduc Mine
slated to shut down in
June, has been’ en-
countered -by the

Herald,
This intriguing story

- doubtless has a. simple

explanation. It is being
Pipe lished here in the

s that some of our
readers may know the
answers, will pass the

_ answers on to us for

publication, and thus

_ solve the mystery. Itisa
. + Mystery,

incidentally,
that has given rise to
countless yumours - We
would ‘not ‘be sur urprised -
let us’ say loudly and.
clearly, - if the rumours

May turn cut to have been

“planted”
ope to

intentionally

by those who

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profit by their. effect on
the prices: of mining
stocks.

Last month, the editor
was soaking in the
healthy warmth of . the
Lakelse Hotsprings when
he met a fellow soaker

_who. had an interesting
_tale'to tell.

The middle aged: man
said he was the president
of a Vancouver
engineering company of
the same name _as;his.
The company, he ‘said,
would be soon reopening
a molybdenum mining
property near Alice Arm
that had been closed in
1971. When it closed it
had left behind quip.
ment worth $13% million,
and had approximately
225 people working in the
mine. Plans called for
the mine to. be reac-
tivated by August. In the
reopening it would be
larger and employ about

‘300 persons. .
This conversation
occurred early last

month (March). The

, 20¢

‘man, who gave his name,

said the mining property
was still under about 12
feet of snow. 5

The following Monday,
the editor altempled to
check out the story for
publication in the Herald.
He phoned the mayor of

_ Kitimat, who said he did

not. know of any such
mine near. Kitimat or
Wark Channel, and ad-
vised. we telephone a
source in: 'lerrare who
was generally
knowledgeable about
such matters. Wedid, the
source did not know
either.

About one hour later a
call was received in the
Herald editorial office
said to be from the
engineering company the
stranger in the pool had
claimed to own. The
company said it was

honing because it had
just had a call from a
mining company
headquarters in Denver,
Colorado saying they had
heard the 1 Terrace Herald

had published astory that
their company was going
ta reopen the mine at
Kitsault, near Alice Arm.
The story, they said, was
without foundation, and

they wanted, to make it~

known there was ab-
solutely no basis to it,
whatever. ;

. Two days later a news
item came over the
teletype that -Endako
Mines had announced its
price for molybdenum

d gone up by 48 cents -

per pound. :

We did sume checking.
From Ottawa came the.
word, yes, there. was a

closed mine at Kitsault.

Yes, it was a. “‘moly”
properly, owned by

Climax Corporation.

It- should have been
mentioned earlier, that
when the Vancouver
engineering company
called, they insisted the
ptranger | in the Pool” we -

had spoken to could not
possibly have been who

claimed to be - the’
president of their com-

FRIDAY, APRIL 7.1978)

Clark will try to force election.

\

CALGARY (CP). -
Progressive Con-
servative Leader - Joe
Clark said Thursday his
party wilt do all it can to
an end to this

Fav jament if Monday
night’s budget contains
no major..measures to --

7 restore canfidence’ in. the.

e, Minister: Jean

Chretien, announced
earlier’ in the Commons,
to bring down a new
budget Monday.

But: the Opposition:

Leader said he is skep-

tical about the content of ©

the economic package.
IE he
produces another © do-

will do everyihit ing
power to €

the

Chretien’

ign,” We i bs
in our
‘this

Parliament and put the
issue squarely to the
Canada.”

e - Conservative
leader received: word of
the: budget date as he
arrived at a downtown

on:

hotel to aitend: ‘the annual *
‘meeting ofthe Alberta’

Progressiv “comm unity in

Tn a text “i prepared for oe
news’ conference later ini °

- -Developmient,
Faulkner, has: Announced

the day, Clark said
Chretien faces two major:
challenges in the budget.

“He must give
Canadians new hope in‘
their economic future and
he ‘must restore some
sense of confidence
among the international

e

uit program
- The Minister of” ‘Indian
-Affairs ‘and Northern
‘J: Hugh"

a change-in the name of

the Department's: Indian ©

and. Eskimo ~Aftairs:
Program. The Program

will now officially be. .

referred to as‘ the Indian
and Unuit Program...

The world: “Inuit”
means “the people.”'“In
recent years, -. Inuit:

leaders have. generally wilt probably abandon Parliament

expressed a. preference ..
for this term: rather than .

- “Eskimo”.--
“The ‘Inuit share a ‘com:

mon: ‘culture ‘and, one

- “basic” ‘languag e‘called ;
. “Inuktitut."-T

. severalregional dialects, -
~ .The-;Program,, jhowever,:

ere. are.

provides. . direct "sé
only to some.4;000: Innit ibe

_: Northern : Queber.. Phe
“balance. - eh
2.) responsibility’: of the

: Government. of -

- are .
the,

ee Northwest | Territories

’ “Sixty-one . years ago

100,000. Canadian soldiers
fought and: won a battle. .
‘on a ridge : ‘outside: .a:
village in France. Heavy:
casualties were the result:

of their: bravery .- 3,598.

Canadians ; were ‘killed,

about: 7,000 wounded. .
But - ‘Vimy. “Ridge

remains a ‘memorage ‘site.

‘in Canadian history -as'
the first major offensive. Robertsop said.
‘by Canadian|

' tough,’ he added,

fought
troo

Bill Robertson, a long:,

time resident ‘of, Terrace,

— —_ , be
remembers the battle

well. wo

A private in the 54th
‘Kooenay | Battalion,
“Robertson took ° part in

ithe ° Vimy [Ridge. battle .

‘which, .began.on ‘April ’

jand: ended . on: April 1
S917, “wl the’ t king a
i the...ridg:

nea hen Hwa took the:

| tidde, we: held it,”
a | got

through jt, but’ it was

“So
_many. wounded. .

“Rok mers ‘on will be one. oF

- several Vimy © ‘veterans |
' participating in’ Vimy -

Day‘celebrations at the

' Royal Canadian - Legion,

“Branch 13 this pane
The local Legion.

‘ celebrating ‘the day by

inviting the general
public to the Legion on
Sunday, between 2 and 6
p.m’. : for, coffee ‘and
refreshments,

: _and the Northern Affairs

Program.

‘Queens Silver.
Jubilee awards

in: 'the,. Federal con-

v ,
| jlee New
§ ohn: Attn, B: Z

Nass
‘ners New: Ai yanah’
Eli: Gosnell,
‘Alyarish. *
‘Percy ‘Gladstone,
Skide ate Mission;.
Helmut. Peters,
Telegraph Creek,
Ernest, W.: “Froese,
Fraser Lake. :
Marion
Granisle.
Polly
Hazelton.
William Dungate, .

: New...

Storey,

Sargent,

; “the Terrace Pipes and. . Houston.

Drums will be there and -
the’ public” is cordially.
invited. Moy

‘Leonard Roy Mar-

-chantd, New Aiyansh. -
“Gordon: John Reid, New

et ‘Hazelton. ae

Australia.”

‘US.

. , The following is. a ™
complete list'‘of residents.

pany - - of the same name.

Their president, they

assured us, wasin Hawail
at the moment, having
gone there from.
-He was not
due back in Vancouver
for some days. . They
insisted our “*Man in the

- Pool” must have been an’

imposter. Lo
Enquiries at the office
in Ottawa of Skeena MP
Iona Campagnolo, via,her
research assistant, filled
in a‘few blank spots.
Mining — properties .
Canada have to obtain
certain
licences, and have to
conform to anti-pollution
standards, make royalty
payments and certain
other things: that require
them to deal: .with
government offices.
Also, Climax is an U\S.,

company, and has to deal :

with import-export,
customs and immigration
departments of both the
and Canada.

Therefore, total. secrecy

is not possible, no matter

Stewart,

permits and -

how much the companies
nay atlempl.

A week ago, in response -
to a question on
Television, on the fate of
once Grandue,
Mine there shuts down ia.
June and lays off its last
600 employees, lona
Campagnolo replied
there was a possibility a
good percentage may be
hired by the Climax mine
at Kitsault, which was
waiting for certain
permits to go ahead from
the Canadian Govern-
ment:

This week we were in
touch with the Denver
Office of Climax. They
had ‘“‘heard’’ = Mrs.
Campagnolo’s comment
on-TV. They were not
exactly factual, they
said. It was true they
required approval from
the Canadian Depart-
ment of the Environment
regarding discharge of

mine effluents and
wastes. But more than
that was ‘necessary

before reopenin

undertaking of sueh
magnitude and costing
millions oof ULS. in-
vesiment dollars.

What were these?
Well, for ane thing, it.
would have — to | be

established | beyond
question that" the
operalion.. was

vd

“evonomically. viahte.
“Well, didn’t the price for

_moly just go up 48 cents a

Ib.?”’ “Yes, but that was
cndako's price..."

“Was it true*that if the
moly mine at Kitsault
reopened this yeur it
might employ SBUMD"?” a ” “Oh,
easily that many.” (We
gol the’ impression that
we would have received
the same assurance had
we supgested 400.)
“Well,” we persisted.
“When could'we expect to
hear anything further on
the mine's possible
reopening?”

. We received the ex-
pected answer. First the
company would have to
decide whether the

;an operation was a viable

une, economically, or not.
They agreed that there
was another large maly.
property staked oul only
a‘few. miles away from
the Kilsault properly,
But this only meant there
was molybdenum there -
it did pol.say how much
or how rich. ‘The Denver
company was inquisitive
about the identity of our
“stranger in the pool"
and usked many
questions about his ap-
pearance, age, ete. They
insisted he must he an
imposter. . :
The conversation with
the Denver H.Q. ended
with the vague assurance
further news might he
expecled sometime this
Summer. or in the Fal.
We told the spokesman
he would not have to

worry about difficulties
-with

the : Canadian
government. If his mine

‘would: create 400 (easily, .
he said) highly paid jobs...

in the Stewart area the

cont. Page 2

| This late model Pontiac was- involves ‘aa single:

. vehicle accident on ihe Kitamaat ‘Village road ‘at
> 91:45 am Wednesday. iriver of the car, Harvey
Grant Jr. 17, and passenzers 18 years old Clyde

estimated at $2500.

for minor injuries in Kitimat General Hospital and; eye

released. : :
The car apparently. went out of control, swerved
across the road to strike a rock cut, Damage is

ae

Princess - Margaret,
- whose: . lifestyle has
aroused a national furor,

her. relationship with
young socialite Roddy
Llewellyn in .order to
continue her public life, it
was authoritatively
‘reported Thursday.

The report by British
.Press - Association
-corresporident Grania
“Forbes, who’ has ‘close
contact: with. the. Royal.
-Family, came as Prime -
‘Minister James
‘Callaghan and the Queen
prepared to. hold their
‘regular . weekly meeting
at Windsor -Castle, just

outside London.
-Observers said
- Callaghan and the Queen

. were. bound ‘to discuss

“Margaret's friendship
“with” the 30 year old.
_ Llewellyn and her alleged:
inattention. to ‘royal
“duties. The. ‘princess’
- Ruth Lorraine “Mould,
Smither's.:

- Margaret Russel Swift,
“Telkwa.’ ">> =
: Beatrice. Evelym

: ‘Dickson. Vanderhoof.

“-Daniel “Fred Wright,
‘Vanderhoo,

. Godfrey. Kelly, Masset,
James Williams,.

“Maase .
Faree Stewart Fraser

-Wilsen, Port Clements,

Doris Leary, Queen
Charlotte City, :
| Rufus Ezra Moody,
‘Queen Charlotte City.

Agnes Letitia: Mathers,
Sands spit.
eo ays 0. Blythe, Port

att " MeNell, Port
‘Edward.

Kitimat | Peay
“2 William: DB
Mitimat. . 2

Tite Plaiffer, Telkwa, -

Joseph. , Banyay

yaon, o

Grant and 21 year old Ivan Wood. were all ‘treated

lifestyle. _ is. being:
criticised with increasing,
vehemenrce

and the
press, .

Miss Forbes quoted
close friends of Margaret
and. Llewellyn as saying
the princess will turn her
back on the brewery heir
and aspiring pop singer.

‘Miss Forbes is the only

British. reporter... per~..
” cover:
‘Buckingham’ Palace- on he .

mitted to

dally . basis. -and
frequently a conduit for
news the Royal Family
wishes to disclose but not
announce officially,

Her. .report said
Margaret will resume her
official engagements ‘as
soon as she recovers from
an influenza attack that
has disabled her ‘for
several.days. She was
said to be *bedridden at
-Windsor Castle.

There had been

Martin H. = Epp,.
Kitimat.

Winnifred M.: Gray,
Kitimat. 7

Thomas Smith,
Kithmats) ee sy

"R'E? (“Haihatock ,
Terrace. oT ;

Juanita Hatton,
Terrace. OO

Emanuel Haugland,
Terrace. ot

Cyril M.. Shelford,
* Terrace, oo

Peter Cullen, Prince

upert,

M. Cullen, Prince
Rupert.

Christina ‘JS Green,
Prince Rupert.”

William | Hankinson,’
~ Prince Rupert.

Joan: Hicks, Prince

Rupe
pert. Cassell Mac: .

_ Pherson, Prince ‘Rupert,
Edward’ -H. Trefry,
Prince Rupert. oN

yer four: ‘major. ‘policial : parties. :

. Group Capt. .
‘Townsend. in 1960, she
photographer, oe
Armstrong? .
Lord.
Snowdon, but the couple ©

newspaper “reports “tat”

the Queen or Prince
Philip had told Margaret
to. either abandon
Lewellyn or leave public
life, .Duckinham Palace
had no comicent,

In 1955, the prix: PeSS,
under. pressure, aban-
doned her first love, RAF
Peter

married
Anthony
‘Jones, now -

separated two years ago. -

The “current |

heated today when. the
Treisury announces an
overall increase of just .

under 10 percent invthe —

CiviJ List, the annual
allowance granted to the .

Roval Family to pay their —-

staifs and enable them to
carry uv! their official
duties. ©

- Any .:-inerease. in
Margaret’ 8 allowance - it
was $101,750 last year - ig
sure to arouse new-op-*

- position.» ‘

B.C. family council
members here Monday —

.. Members of the B.C. Council for the Family will be
in Terrace Monday as part of a tour across northern
.B.C. to learn how the couricil can work co-operatively .
with communities and to find out how the council can
best serve the needs of each area.
Connie Hawley, provincial co-ordinator, will he
accompanied by board directors Maureen Okerstrom
and Helen Patenaude as weil as Rev.: ‘John Stokes.:a
focal member of the board,

‘eon-
trove;sy may grow more .

. The B.C, Council for the Family is a provinge-wide -
organization with representatives. from religious:
‘bodies. ethnic.groups, community agencies and the ©
A non-profit group,’ the .
‘Council is co-sponsored by'the:proviticial‘government, |

B.C,

can communicate with each other and {with govern: -
ment atid voluntary agencies their concerns about the
needs of the family and recelve help in’ ‘preparing
plans. and projects to meet such ‘needs,

The council stimulates and ‘facilitates self-help ~

projects to support ¢ and strengthen families and works

. to further public knowledge and promote public

concern about the well-being of the family. -
..While,in Terrace, members of the council will be
“meetitig with government and non- -government —
agency representatives to enlist their support for the’
work af the Council for the Family and to work aut’
‘oifective ways and means of keeping in touch with
cach other on matters of mutual concern,

lecture theatre on Monday, April toat7:s0p, m.*
‘The meeting, is oven to ihe public.

religous bodies and community agencies throughout 30

The plrpose of the: council is to be a forum where
community representatives throughout the: province .

«The public meeting, will be held at the Caledonia a

cece Pecan