Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Chip samples taken from a gossan (oxidized, sulphur-rich rock) in West Greenland have returned up to 43.5% zinc for joint venture partners Platinova Resources (TSE) and RTZ Exploration, a unit of RTZ …

Partners Cambior (TSE) and Kimex Resources (ME) are planning a “preliminary economic evaluation” of the Porcupine gold property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., after receiving results from four holes drille…

Vancouver-based Cradle Mountain Canada (ASE) has completed a private placement of 1.06 million shares at 10 cents per share. Proceeds of the transaction will be used for working capital and to pay out…

Dates: March 29 – April 1 Place: Royal York Hotel, Toronto Acme Analytical Labs Ltd. 225 Activation Laboratories Ltd. 58 Aerodat Limited 31 Aerodat Limited 32 Alberta Geological Survey 266 Barringer L…

Because of generally low exploration activity, the past year appears to have been an even poorer one than 1990 for the geophysical industry in Canada. A number of Canadian companies have noted that mo…

(SEE PRINT COPY OR MICROFILM FOR DETAIL) COMPANY AIRCRAFT Fixed Wing = FW Helicopter = H (Positioning) AEROMAGNETIC T=Total Field, G=Gradient L,TT,V=Longitudinal, Transverse & Vertical AIRBORNE ELECTR…

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…