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Operational changes cut costs and boost productivity at Kerr. (Kerr Mine in Virginiatown, Ontario)(Mining Report)
Northern Ontario Business, June, 1991 by Patrick, Jim
Operational changes cut costs and boost productivity at Kerr
When Deak Resources Corporation president Gerry Cooper examined Golden Shield's ailing Kerr Mine in Virginiatown, he prescribed several operational changes to save the facility after Deak's takeover.
"It was a change of methods such as long-haul stoping and drilling longer and larger holes - methods that have been in the industry since 1935, but never used here (Kerr Mine)," he recalls.
Since Deak and GSR Corporation (an affiliated company) took control of the former Kerr-Addison gold mine in 1989, changes have been made to trim labor costs and increase production.
A number of small mining interests owned by Deak were amalgamated with the Kerr Mine and mill to form Deak...
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