Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Demand for nickel in the Western World was flat which, in combination with increased production and higher exports from Russia, resulted in weak prices. Spot nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange…

In the midst of the Great Depression, 60 years ago, a group of prospectors passed round a hat at the inaugural meeting of what is today the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. They colle…

Appropriately, it was in 1964, the year the Kidd Creek geophysical discovery exploded into public prominence, that Dr. Peter Hood created his first comprehensive review of the world of geophysical ins…

FOREIGNERS PROMINENT AT KIRKLAND STRIKE The strike at Kirkland Lake is now in its seventh week. The financial assistance which was to have come in from sympathetic unionists has proven scanty. One pow…

Holders of MVP Capital’s (TSE) 5.75% convertible Swiss Bonds have approved all matters relating to a proposed reorganization that will enable them to exchange their bonds for cash and preferred shares…

KRL Resources (VSE) and Cross Lake Minerals (VSE) have agreed to form a joint venture on the 43-unit Arthur Lake property in Knight and Natal twps., near Shining Tree, Ont. To earn a 51% interest in t…

Royalstar Resources (VSE) says it has reached agreement-in-principle with Credit Lyonaisse Lang of the United Kingdom whereby the latter will act as agent in the sale of 2.9 million Royalstar shares a…

Southern England, hardly a hotbed of mineral exploration, has recently stirred the interest of the British Geological Survey’s (BGS) minerals group. After students submitted gold-bearing soil samples …

The latest results from the Glover Island property in western Newfoundland indicate that the Kettle Pond South gold zone stretches for at least 300 ft. along strike. Stepout holes KPS-3 to KPS-5, desi…

Canadian Comstock Exploration Ltd – 175,000 flow-through shs offered @ 45 cents, also 325,000 non-flow-through shs offered @ 45 cents per sh.

Joint venture partners Sutton Resource (VSE) and Crown Resources (VSE) intersected a number of gold values during a recent drilling program on the Goldfield project in Nevada. The results included a 6…

It could be a month or more before Placer Dome (TSE) announces a decision on whether it will proceed with mine development at the Mt. Milligan gold-copper project north of Prince George, B.C. The comp…