Cassiar Couries

the Voice of Cassiar Country

JANUARY 1988

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Provincial Court was held in Cassiar on Wed- nesday, December 9th, 1987, Judge Dennis Overend presiding. '

JAMES LAPOINTE pled guilty to charges of operating a snowmobile without insurance or license plate. He was fined $300.00.

MARCUS ZIEGLER did not appear to face a charge of possesion of stolen property. A warrant was issued for his arrest.

RICHARD KNOWLES, charged October 24, 1987 with impaired driving and exceeding .08 on the breathalizer, entered a plea of guilty. Knowles was fined $500.00 and prohibited from driving in Canada for a period of six months.

ALLAN MCKAY, charged November 29, 1987, entered a plea of not guilty regarding charges of impaired driving and refusing to take a breathalizer test. He will appear for trial April 13th, 1988.

ERNEST DENNIS & WILLIAM JOHNNY, charged with possession of stolen property, did not appear as they were in Whitehorse on similar charges. They will appear February 17, 1988 for a preliminary hearing.

RAYMOND HENYU entered a plea of not guilty following charges laid for impaired driving

and exceeding .08 on the breathalizer. ‘Trial will take place February 17th, 1988.

ROBERT CLARK will appear for trial on February 17th, 1988 following charges of impaired driving and exceeding .08 on the breathalizer test. Charges were laid Gctober 10th, 1987.

CLAIRE MCKIERNAN, charged with assault causing bodily harm, had charges dismissed when the witness for the prosecution failed to appear in court.

MICHAEL JACKSON entered a plea of guilty concerning charges laid May 29th, 1987 for impaired driving and exceeding .08 on the breathalizer. He was fined $500.00 and his license suspended for six months.

JOHN THOMPSON, charged with two counts of assault causing bodily harm, pled not guilty and will appear for trial February 17th, 1988.

SCOTT DENNIS charged with mischief, entered a plea of not guilty and will appear for trial on February 17th, 1988.

DENNIS FEHR did not appear to face charges of impaired driving and exceeding .08 on the breath- alizer. A warrant was issued for his arrest.

ROBERT REPOLUSK stood trial following charges of impaired driving and exceeding .08 on the breathalizer. Because of a technicality concerning the breathalizer certificate, the report was deemed inadmissable evidence. It was, therefore up to the

_ Crown to prove that Repolusk was impaired. The Crown was not able to do so, and all charges were dis- missed. :

NEIL BALL stood trial on char; 1987 for impaired driving and exceeding .08 on the breathalizer. The breathalizer certificate was again deemed inadmissable evidence. There was sufficient evidence to prove Ball was indeed impaired as this was not a first offence, Ball was sentenced to four months in prison and prohibited from driving any- where in Canada for one year.

MONTY COATESconducted his own defence concerning charges of impaired driving and exceeding .08 on the breathalizer test. Charges were laid April 24th, 1987 following an incident on the Cassiar Road. Coates was found guilty and fined $500 and his drivers license suspended for six months.

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~UNDERGROUND DECISION

Provincial Government to Have the Answer

Disappointment was the prevailing feeling, follow- ing the public meeting on December 14th, at which most people assumed a positive decision would be announced regarding the McDame Project.

The problem with giving final approval is financial. As far-as the Board of Directors is concerned they have approved the underground operations, but in the financial dealings Cassiar Mining still needs a loan from the provin- cial government to complete the deal.

Jim O’Rourke, President of Cassiar Mining, Peter Jones, Executive Vice President and Bill Zemenchik, Mine Manager, presided over the meeting and O’Rourke carefully and very conscientiously outlined the financial package that would be necessary to go ahead with the un- derground proposal.

The Company has been lobbying the government to bring the hydro power grid into Cassiar. With this kind of progress, not only would Cassiar benefit, but the entire Northwest region of the province. These talks commenc- ed in March and continued into October of 1987 with the final concensus being negative to the approximate $90 million project.

Cassiar then began negotiating with the govern- ment for financial assistance, but the outcome of these meetings was not known at the time of the town meeting, making it impossible for O’Rourke to give a concrete answer as to the future of the Cassiar Mine.

Pressure has been applied in the form of petitions and letters by the Cassiar residents and the Company to Victoria. The infrastructure that Cassiar has supported for over thirty years will definitely carry some weight in the negotiations for financial backing by the provincial government. ?

Cassiar is able to put up one third of the required money and the bank another third; and if the government

will loan a third, the McDame Project will proceed as

planned.

David Liddle, President of Local. 6536 of the United Steel Workers of America voiced his disappoint- ment on behalf of the union members. “Why was the Union left with the impression that the Board of Directors and not the government, were left with the financial decision?” he asked.

Acquire Getty Resources

Recent developments for Total Erickson Re- sources Ltd. of Vancouver show a promising New Year for this rapidly progressing company.

Total Erickson Resources Ltd. and Consolidated Silver Mines Ltd. have announced that Erickson Gold Min- ing Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Total Erickson, has optioned the 32 - claim Hunter Gold property from Consolidated Silver Standard.

The property is located six miles east of the Erick-

,son Gold Mine near Cassiar.

Also, recently announced by Total Erickson Re- sources is the private aquisition of 250,000 shares of Getty Resources Ltd., through a wholly owned foreign subsidiary, increasing the Total Erickson group’s holdings in that company to 1,089,300 common shares or approxi- mately 11.6 per cent of the outstanding shares.

Getty Resources Limited has a portfolio of ex- ploration projects including a 49 percent joint venture with Noranda Explorations Company Limited (N.P.L.) in the Tundra Project, 130 miles northeast of Yellowknite, N.W.T.

Total Erickson has acquired its position over the last six months as a long term investment and may make

additional purchases depending on its evaluation of Getty,

market conditions and other factors. According to Kristian Ross, executive Vice-Presi-

‘dent of Total Erickson Resources, the potential of devel-

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O’Rourke answered that the government’s position was critical as of July and that the statement had been made at the time.

The Cabinet Committee met on December 23rd and Cassiar’s request for financial assistance was on the agenda. This request has now been referred to the Econ- omic Committee and an answer is expected by the end of January, 1988.

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In the meantime, the Federal Government has approved in principle, a share-cost funding arrangement: with Cassiar Mining Company which will enable the company to build a 1,000 ton fibre per year Wet Mill Asbestos Ore Processing Plant. Energy, Mines and Resources of Canada, Energy Conservation Branch will fund 30% of the total cost of $4.9 million dollars. The construction costs will be approximately $1.5 million dollars and research development, including equipment testing and market research will take up the balance.

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opment for the company is at a high and positive results are a definite part of the future plans for the company.

Vic Jutronich, Vice-President in charge of mining for Total Erickson Resources extended best wishes to all employees and their families and reported that over the last two years tremendous changes have occurred in the company.

“Our position has been consolidated by the suc- cessful operations at both minesites, (Erickson and Mt. Skukum). This is a credit to all employees.

1988 appears to be much brighter in that the Dome Mine (near Smithers) should be developed.

Time Air To Take Over

Canadian Airlines International will pull out and Time Air has applied to take over the Calgary, Watson Lake run, operating a Fokker jet. They will offer one more flight a week, based on the present summer sched- ule. There is no plan to increase the service to Fort Nel- son under the proposed schedule.

The Fokkar F28 is a Dutch made sixty-five seat plane. There will be a forty percent reduction in pas- senger capacity and a 65% reduction in the freight capa- city compared to the Boeing 737 which presently serves this area.

The ticket prices will be the same as presently per- taining to this route. Time Air does offer similar seat sales as the parent company. Time Air is a meal-free ser-’ vice. Spokesmen for the company said if the market picks up they will increase frequency of flights and also haul ad-

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