Articles by Northern Miner Staff







Jaguar to be merchant bank

Vancouver — Jaguar Nickel (JNI-T, JGNKF-O) is shifting its focus from mineral exploration to merchant banking and says it hopes to create value for shareholders by making investments in undervalued c…


Rob Robertson

Churchill kimberlite find shows significant grades

At the Churchill joint-venture project in eastern Nunavut, mini-bulk samples collected from isolated surface showings of four new kimberlite dyke discoveries show significant diamond grades running in…



AURELIAN RESOURCESLabourers carry part of a drill supported on casings through the Ecuadorian forest at Aurelian Resources' Condor gold-silver project.

Getting the Ecuadorians on side

Santiago, Chile — The discovery of large gold- and copper-bearing belts promises to launch mining in Ecuador, a South American country the size of Nevada, but community opposition threatens to block …


BY JOHN CUMMINGTaking a 400-tonne bulk sample from a 10- to 12-metre deep pit excavated at the Kevitsa deposit. The work generated material for an ongoing metallurgical pilot program being carried out by the Geological Survey of Finland.

Site visit: Sizing up Finland’s Kevitsa

SODANKYLA, FINLAND — It’s a huge, low-grade deposit — but can it be a money-maker? That’s the question facing Scandinavian Minerals (sgl-t) as it works hard to develop its Kevitsa…


BELL GEOSPACEA Zeppelin after a heavy rainstorm in Jwaneng, Botswana. The airship uses an airborne gravity gradiometer provided by Houston, Tex.-based Bell GeoSpace.

De Beers takes to African skies

In leaving no stone unturned in the search for its next diamond mine, De Beers is using a Zeppelin airship to fly a combination of gravity and magnetic geophysical surveys across the Kalahari sands of…


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