“yo1
cura e ‘optimist. 2? He. Ceoleins
that the returns are high on a

find. that does produce market-
able ore, and « even. n though it may. “

ren, A ‘Also, t ‘the produc-

communities. “There are
ie fi ve spin- -off jobs for

With this. picture. in : mind - —

‘Mining . companies. spending,
‘millions. every year on explora-
eee tion, many more millions on the
a development of promising sites,
is with only aQ.1 percent chance of
"success — representatives of five
oh Northwest mining companies
“told local businessmen of their
oS needs and concerns.

“> Infrastructure: roads, hydro- -

- electricity, airstrips, upgraded
: airports —
mining executives. And accord-
--ing.to Don McLeod, president
__ 1 of Newhawk Mines, government
"studies rather than action may
~<be. giving: Alaska the leading
“edge.

these are vital, say

“Alaska will beat : them,”

ae "McLeod warns, He says that’
. +, Alaska is moving aggressively. A

draft report on the Bradfield In-
"2 dustrial Road was submitted to
__ the Alaska State Legislature
earlier this month and the goal
ao. of this proposal is to attract
-\ every truckload of ‘freight that

_~. would otherwise go down Hwy.
". 37.. He says there are mineral
: deposits | lying dormant,  in-

_, accessible to the industry, and,
_.. ‘If we don’t get off our butts,
_. the Americans are going to beat .
- Us — they don’t fool around.” "

--Dr. Ken Clifford, general

wa ‘manager for the Golden. Bear
.. - Operating Co., agrees on road:
~~ jgsués.. To. date, ‘he says that
Golden ‘Bear: has spent ’ nearly.
-$40 million on development'and |
(about hel of that was for ronds. tr

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 tenced to seven days in jail and
‘ordered to dé 50 hours of com-
_".. munity service work for failure -
to: comply with: a probation or-
ders:

. Brendan. Chicoine was ‘fined

$400 ‘and given a six: month | |
7 "drivers license’ suspension for” |
_ +. ‘dtiving -with a blood» alcohot
an content. over the legal limit.

~ Susan ‘Cameron was - fi ned

og $250 for theft

‘Wayne Lapointe was fined

$1, 000 and sentenced to one day
: in jail for. trafficking in a nar- -
7 cotic.

Monday, March 20
Barton Balatti was fined $350

and placed on six months proba-
.' tion for assault.

Daryl Walker was sentenced

tg ‘45 days in Jail for impaired
- driving.

_ Wednesday, March 22
“Michael Wightman was fined

“: $500 for refusing to provide a
breath sample to a police offi- |.
., cer.
_/° Debra. Kennedy was - fined
$400 for driving with a blood
_ alcohol content over the legal
- limit.

ine is a_boon to surround-—

need your support,’’ he says.
“The mining industry cannot
really fund. this kind of

activity.’”

But what’s in 1 it for us? Dave
Johnston, manager of northern

- operations for Cominco Metals,

put it this way: ‘‘Help us’get the
gold, and. yourll get a little of
that gold in your pockets too.’

But this leaves Terrace with.the -

same problem it had before the.

conference: how to attract some.

of that gold.

The answer came from Mike

Blais, purchasing agent for
Golden Bear. First, ‘“You have
to form a committee and do a

study on each company,”’ he ex-"

plains. ‘‘Find out what they’re

trying to do and what they

need,’? Once that’s done, he

‘says, the committee should in--

vite general managers and pur-
chasing agents to Terrace to
demonstrate that they have
organized to meet the industry’s
needs and they have the ability
to deliver. According to Blais,
this committee approach will
succeed where individual at-

tempts. have failed, and local
_businessman Gregg . Townsend .

says.the committee is already be-

ing put together — there. could

be a meeting this fall.

And according to mine
‘manager Denis Gregoire ’ :

Westmin Resources - Ltd.,
could: be a very profi ‘able

meeting. Gregoire says Westmin
does as much business as possi-

ble in Stewart and invited Ter-
race businesses offering services

. “He says athe project: ‘was close’ to.
disappearing - (costs. have risen
-from the original estimate of $36 °
‘million to about $70 million) but
Chevron..and: North ‘American -
Metals: have agreed to’ fund the
additional expenses and the pro
ject is back ‘on track, ‘‘But we

‘business there.

‘tires,

This is the organizing team for the Northwest Mining Conference that got the resource peo-

ple here and sold out the event:
Economic. Advisory Commission),
Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, and Greg

Roger Leclerc and Val George from TEAC (Tourism and
Andrew Webber, economic development officer for the.
g Townsend, head of the Terrace and District

Chamber of Commerce committee that deals with the mining industry. |

not available in Stewart to set up
What isn’t
available in Stewart, he. says,

Westmin prefers to purchase in
Terrace or Smithers provided —
the price. and quality are the

same as they can get elsewhere.
- According to Gregoire,
Westmin spends $10 to $12
million every year on explosives,
steel, lumber, ‘pumps,
‘heavy equipment, compressors,
janitorial supplies and other
goods. In addition, he says,

another opportunity exists.
through the projected $61.8

million -payroll that ..will pur-
chase food, clothing and cars for
the: 160 wage earners .at. the

_ Mine...
There are also other industry.

needs that Terrace can provide

_ -— a. workforce. And here lies

another opportunity for
residents of Terrace and the sur-

there are only 380 unemployed
persons registered with the
qualifications for i 280: vacant
jobs.
Clifford says. that Golden
Bear. alone has openings: for
several trained miners, heavy
equipment.mechanics, mill oper-
ators and electricians. And
many local residents, with the
right kind of training, ‘could take
advantage of this. But, ‘“There’s
a need for good training pro-
grams,” says Clifford.

And finally on the list of in-
dustry needs, are environmental

issues. ““We have only'scratched
the surface of the potential of |
says Tom.

the Northwest,” -
Waterland, president of ' the
Mining Association of B.C. But
environmental issues, access
through difficult terrain and
vast areas to be searched make

rounding * area." But’ Terrace -

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the chances of a discovery very
slim, And, ‘‘We need your
help,’’ he told local
businessmen.. .

On environmental issues,
Waterland pointed out the dif-
ference between an environmen-
talist, who is concerned with the
environment and its preserva-

‘tion, and a protectionist, who

wants to keep everything in a
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economic consequences — all
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