unpaid bills and squabbles over

any of the precious metal haa been lifted from the ground.
cn Wi in the wings waiting for what will

happen,” sayy Vick Ruck, consultant with the Northern

Ontario Develapment Corp., one of several companies

ready for an expected onslaught of miners looking for

work when development work is complete.

Workers, subcontractors and suppliers have filed
more than 90 liens on lands being developed by Noranda
Mines Ltd. after their immediate boss, a general
contractor, was liquidated and they weren't paid for $8
million worth of work done for Noranda.

But development of the site continues and Noranda
expects the project to come in on target late next year.

Noranda and two other world-class mining compan-
ies — Lac Minerals Ltd. and Teck Corp — moved in on the

hire a lawyer to sort out. the mess.

Mid-way through the job at the 12-kilometre-wide
field, the general contractor's assets were seized by the
Bank of Montreal. To add ingult to injury, Noranda then
complained that the work was not done satisfactorily and
refused to pay the contractor.

But Gerry Tobin, president of a company owed over
$75,000 for catering and building employee facilities,
says: “The biggest bone of contention is that the mine's
progressing along and they used our money to build on
because-a contractor has gone under.”

Gregg’s crane company is still working for Noranda
and has been paid for work done from Feb. 16, the day the
Canadian Mine Services went under. Tobin, however, is
pulling out.

“The whole thing is fishy — it's been fishy ever since
it started. I can tell you frem experience. I was supposed
to put in a septic tank for a 40-man camp. Then suddenly
the 40-man camp Becomes a 150-man camp. That's like
putting 75 people in a Volkswagen and going around the
world to get across town. Not very good planning.”

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COMINCO WON'T
SHUT DOWN
THIS SUMMER

By CasNews Staff
Cominco isn't going to have
a general shutdown for main-
tenance this summer because
metal markets are stronger
this year, according to the
Trail operations manager.
Although there will be a
“normal periodic shutdown”
of sections of the plant for
maintenance, “markets and
firm enough to warrant unin-
terrupted production,” said
Guy Downie in a prepared
statement.
Last summer Cominco had
a three-week maintenance
shutdown, and in the summer
of 1982 Trail operations were
closed for five weeks because | The Chemicals and Fertil-
of poor metal markets. izers business segment earn-
Zine is now selling for 67 © an operating profit of
cents (Canadian) a pound, $18.4 million, compared to an
compared to 46 cents a year OPerating loss of $200,000 in
ago, and lead is selling for 33 the first quarter of 1983.
cents, up from 25.75 cents. Prices for urea, phosphate
FIRST QUARTER and potash fertilizers in-
PROFITS creased substantially over
Meanwhile, Cominco an- 1982, although ammonia pri-
nounced that the corpora. Ce were lower.
tion's profit for the three Other operations — prin-
months ending March 81 was cipally metal products and
$4.5 million, or six cents per electric power distribution —
common share on sales of earned an operating profit of
$370.3 million. $5.6 million, compared to $3.8
This compares with a loss million in the first quarter
of $19 million of $1:20- per~tast year.

common share on sales of
$2.64 million for the same
period last year, according to
Norm Anderson, chairman
and chief executive officer of
Cominco Ltd.

Cominco’s Mining and Inte-
grated Metals business seg-
ment earned a first quarter
operating profit of $6.5 mil-
lion compared to an oper-
ating loss of $11.1 million for
the same quarter last year.

This was due to higher zinc
prizes and increased sales of
refined metals and concen-
trates, according to Ander-
son.

Three elected to
Cominco board

Three new officers have
been elected to the Cominco
board of directors, board
chairman Norm Anderson
has announced.

R.P. Douglas is executive
vice-president, operations,
Comineo Ltd.; president,
chief executive officer and a
director of Pine Point Mines

Limited, and a director with
Cominco American Incorpor-
ated.

Elected as president and
director of Canadian Pacific
Limited is W.W. Stinson.

F.H. Tyaack is president
and chief executive officer
and a director of Westing-
house Canada Inc.

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one level, 3% acres flat. fen-
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ground pool. Try an offer to
$104,000. MLS.

HOSPITAL AREA. Refreshingly
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acres, plus 1125 4q.F1. house,

finished up and down. Plus 2

. Plus greenhouse,

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jroom log cabin. Find out
more — Call us now!

‘A PLEASURE TO SEE. im-
maculate and t South,
Castlegar home fully finished

th floors, 3 bdrms,
fireplace. Priced at $67,000.
MLS.

Patio on large lot and much
more. Vendor says sell and
teduced to $59,500.

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SOUTH CASTLEGAR. Super
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xtra_bedroom and
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ENJOY THIS VIEWI! From the
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85 acres in garden, fruit trees
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BUILDING LOTS IN
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555-10th Ave. $17,
561-10th Ave.
567-10th Ave.
573-10th Ave.
Bth Ave. N
8th Ave. N
5.17 BEAUTIFUL ACRES — A:
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built in South Castlegar. Patio

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land, near dam. Newer home

with’ fireplace and finished

basement. Large greenhou'

boat shed. Priced to sell at
,500.

CLOSE TO EVERYTHING. Real
nice 4 level split on excellent
corner lot in North Castlegar.

WELL BUILT AND DESIGNED. 2
bedroom home with full
basement located close to the
Catholic Church. Priced to sell
$57,000.

price $47,500 with $31,
assumable

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HOBBY FARM,
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handy
Located close to schools ond
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dyman. River view, two lots,
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