Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The strategies employed in searching for mines vary from company to company. Among other factors, they are determined by company size, financial clout and management’s view as to which minerals offer …

Notwithstanding a full plate of interesting international gold prospects, one of Placer Dome’s (TSE) priority exploration programs is being played out at its North American flagship operation. The Bal…

The search for deposits has taken many Canadian junior companies abroad, including to Africa where the chances of discovering precious metals, base metals or diamonds are as favorable as anywhere else…

South Africa-based diamond house De Beers announced recently that it will buy more diamonds from producers because of an improvement in the market. The company controls more than 80% of the global tra…

The president of a mining company in Kirkland Lake, Ont., has predicted there will be a diamond mine in that camp by the year 2000. No doubt Carl Forbes would like his company, Strike Minerals (CDN), …

Mining companies looking to cash in on the unknown metallic minerals potential of Alberta should tread carefully, as there are untold and untested environmental and bureaucratic pitfalls around many c…

At a time when it is difficult to finance, develop and operate a hardrock metal mine, some junior mining companies are opting for less cost-intensive projects in the industrial or specialty mineral se…

Quebec’s mining industry should profit from this year’s projected moderate growth of the world economy. With the forecast increase in mineral consumption in 1993, the total value of mineral shipments …

Native land claims settlements coupled with a government campaign to encourage mining are providing fresh opportunities for exploration companies in Alaska. Environmental constraints remain, however. …

Although much has been said about the use of “G10” garnets as a indicator of diamond potential, two lesser known geochemical techniques are also effective diamond exploration tools. Nickel thermometry…

Helicopter-borne geophysical surveying for kimberlites in the Northwest Territories has been remarkably successful. The thin or non-existent glacial cover and the highly resistive bedrock are ideal co…

Mineral exploration in New Brunswick will be dominated by major companies in 1993 and will be almost exclusively directed towards discovery of base metals. Noranda Exploration, Brunswick Mining and Sm…