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Brinco feels crunch

In view of the continuing poor financial climate and the studies on amalgamation of the Vancouv- er and Toronto Offices, a decision was made by Brinco Board in July to maintain both offices but to reduce staff by approximately 25%.

J. O’Rourke, President and Chief Operating Officer

In Vancouver, staff reductions took place in mark- eting, purchasing and financial areas. In addition, Brian Pewsey has left Brinco Mining, while Jim O’Rourke will take over as president and Chief Operating Officer, and J. D. Little as Chairman of

Brinco Mining Limited. Along with these changes

racer otters aor mero” Gagsiar men. get two year jail sentence

Scholarship Awarded

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Brinco Limited announced in late July that Gale Fugere has been selected as the first recipient of Brinco’s Sir Mark Turner Scholarship. The schol- arship is for a total of $7000 - $3500 for the 1982-83 academic year and an equal amount for the 1983-84 year. The second payment is condit- itional and will only be awarded if Gale maintains a satisfactory academic and community involve- ment record during the coming year.

The scholarship was established this year by Brin- co Limited as a memorial to Sir Mark Turner. Sir Mark Turner was chairman of the Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation Limited for many years and served as Chairman of Brinco Limited from 1976 to 1979. He was a renowned figure in international mining circles. The scholarship is available to children of Brinco employees.

Gale has lived in Cassiar for six years and is the daughter of Marty and Heather Fugere - both of whom are employed by Cassiar Resources. Gale

graduated from the Cassiar Elementary/Second-

ary School in 1981. She has just completed her first year of studies at the University of Victoria and is now going on to study law at the same university.

Cassiar Courier

the Voice of Cassiar Country

SEPTEMBER 1982

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Erickson wins Provincial

Left to right Tom McGrail, Joe Hebert, Coach, Jim Bondesen, Captain and Tom Williams. Congratulations to the 3-Man Miner First Aid team from Erickson Gold Mines which won the Pro- vincial competition held in Nanaimo, B.C. on June 19, 1982. Five teams competed in this event.

They were Equity Silver, Utah Mines Ltd., Sullivan Mines, Lornex Mining Ltd. and Erickson Gold Mine. Z os

- Ray Joseph Empereale and Clark Montieth were sentenced in Vancouver on July 28, 1982, to two years in prison, after being found guilty of possession of 30 tons of stolen jade. A second charge of theft of the jade was dismissed.

Clark Montieth was not present for the sen- tencing and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. It is believed he is in the United States.

Both Mr. Monteith and Mr. Empereale work- ed for Cassiar Resources Ltd. when the offence occurred in September 1980. The Crown alleged that they stole the jade from the Cassiar Resour- ces mining site, using the blasting truck and a stoneboat belonging to Cassiar Resources Ltd. and stored it on a backroad off the mine site, known as “‘the old Shell Road” until they hauled it to the vicinity of Mr. Empereale’s cabin on Highway 37.

Both Montieth and Empereale contended they found the jade on the ‘‘old Shell road’’ and, since they believed it was abandoned they took possession of it. Montieth testified that they us- ed two 4 x 4 trucks, chains and winches to haul this jade from the backroad to Empereale’s ca-

bin and that it took three weeks of laborious ef- fort.

In passing sentence, the judge stated he could not accept their basic explanation for possession of the jade as being their belief that the jade was abandoned. He said ‘‘neither of the accused was a neophyte.in the mining of jade’. In 1977 Mr. Empereale had a contract with Cassiar Resources. Ltd. to recover and sell jade mined at that time and testimony given indicated Mr. Montieth, while working as a tireman at the Cassiar mine in 1980, on at least one occasion shared with Mr. Empereale in efforts to recover jade. Based on this, Judge Campbell said ‘he couldn’t accept their testimony”’.

Out of court, the judge said he felt prison sen- ‘ténces were warranted because of the -import- ance of jade in the Cassiar community and the hundreds of thousands of dollars involved. Gen- eral deterrence was another major consideration in sentencing. :

The sentence is being appealed by Ray Emp- ereale.

Inactive mineral claims won’t prevent Crown Jand development in Cassiar

June 26, 1982

Inactive mineral claims will not prevent development of Crown land to meet the needs of the community in Cassiar, said Lands, Parks and Housing Minister Jim Chabot today.

“In my Cabinet tour last February the community in Cassiar advised me that existing mineral claims were pre- venting people from obtaining Crown land for housing and recreation. | have reviewed the policy which required a quit claim from the person holding the mineral claim be- fore disposition could be made. Our policy has now been revised to enable us to issue tenures over land where the mineral claim is not being used for the development of coal or minerals,” Chabot said.

Under the revised policy if an applicant for Crown land is not able to obtain a quit claim over coal or mineral tenures and if the mineral claim is inactive, the applicant may be issued a lease after signing an indemnity agree- ment with the ministry.

The ministry also plans to resolve outstanding land

use problems in the area, to enable it to meet current and anticipated land needs. A planning report will be prepared

to resolve trespass and status conflicts, to identify sites for.

development for residential, recreational and commercial use and to ensure development occurs with respect for the environment,

Chabot said “To ensure the success of this planning exercise, local participation by all concerned residents is essential, This is a long term project to be started next month, with a targetted completion of July 1983. | hope you will all take the opportunity to provide us with your views to ensure the plan meets your expectations and needs.”’

Part of the planning report will make provision for early identification and development of a site for rural residential use, and the proposed timetable sees site select- ion being completed by the end of August, and marketing of the lots by June of next year. in order to meet this time target an assessment of need and demand will com- mence immediately.