Articles by Northern Miner Staff

It has been estimated that if all of the platinum ever mined in the world was formed into a cube, the cube would measure about 15×15 ft. on each side. South Africa and the Soviet Union supply most of …

Raising money for new mine projects is no easy task for junior companies these days, which explains the slow but steady progress being made by Imperial Metals (TSE) to arrange financing for the Parys …

Vancouver-based junior Bema Gold (TSE) has taken advantage of the competition between engineering firms to narrow the risk of building its 50% owned Refugio gold project in Chile, says Chairman Clive …

Additional drilling on the Gold zone at the Samatosum mine near Adams Lake, B.C., indicates that the life of the mine will be extended. The Samatosum, with current reserves good until October, 1992, i…

Already North America’s largest gold producer, Newmont Mining (TSE), has joined the race to be the first U.S. company to successfully use the gold recovery process known as bioleaching. A number of No…

Harry Michie, who for 40 years was active in the Canadian gold mining industry as a geologist, recently died in Toronto. He was 66. For almost two decades, Michie was associated with the Coniagas Mine…

Investors were in a buying mood during the holiday-shortened week ended Oct. 15, with both the market portfolio and mining and minerals index recording impressive gains. The former jumped by more than…

Preliminary bulk testing of diamond-bearing gravels on a 400-sq.-km Guyana concession optioned by South American Goldfields (TSE) from Golden Star Resources (TSE) commenced recently. Approximately 25 …

Surface sampling by Teck (TSE) has identified a massive sulphide horizon on the Tache Lake property just outside the town of Chibougamau, Que. Labelled the East zone, the new horizon has been exposed …

Donald Currie appointed director.

The Australian mining industry spends $10 on exploration and development for every $100 in production revenues. By comparison, the Canadian industry spends about $2.50, says Fenton Scott, president of…

Canada’s premier association of mining professionals — the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) — is facing a cash crunch and unless steps are taken to change the way it deri…