Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Quebrada Blanca mine in northern Chile has yielded its first cathode copper. Perched in the Andes at an altitude of 4,300 metres, near the Bolivian border, the mine is in the midst of completing i…

Geological and geophysical targets have been outlined on the DKO gold property of International Homestead Resources (VSE) near Larder Lake, Ont. A program of line cutting and geophysical surveys has b…

— A preliminary feasibility study by Kilborn Engineering Pacific recommends the Petaquilla and Botija copper-gold deposits proceed to the final feasibility stage. Adrian Resources (TSE), which can ea…

The first mining co-op students recently received their diplomas as mining engineering technicians from the Haileybury School of Mines at Haileybury, Ont. A co-op system allows students to alternate a…

The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) plans to build a new headquarters and trading floor in Manhattan’s Battery Park City. The commodity futures and options exchange grew recently when the Commodi…

The remnants of a gold-dredging operation that ceased production about 70 years ago are providing Cominco Resources International (TSE) with the makings of a new mining operation. The company is worki…

Karen Gross appointed president.

Terence McKillan appointed president and director.

John Versfelt appointed director.

The C2 meter, a self-contained carbon concentration meter which continuously monitors and controls (if required) the concentration of carbon in carbon-in-pulp and carbon-in-leach adsorption tanks, is …

Noah Timmins died Jan. 23, 1936. He was the last of the original five founders of the company known as Hollinger and was president since its inception — a period of 26 years. His pioneer spirit and g…

Jorge Lopez Bain and James Whelan appointed directors.