Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Biron Bay options NovaGold gold bet

A definitive agreement is expected within 3-4 weeks which will see a 78% interest in the Summit gold property in New Mexico go to Biron Bay Resources (TSE) and Steeple Rock Mining in exchange for expl…


Palladium maintains steady support

Not as volatile in the marketplace or as expensive as its sister- metal platinum, palladium nevertheless has achieved a following which is keeping its supply more or less in balance with demand. Tendi…


THE PRESSURE IS ON

More money is being spent on rock mechanics research than ever before. The Mining Research Directorate in Ontario estimates there is $100 million being spent in Canada this year and about $20 million…


50 Years Ago NICKEL

Recently, Robert Stanley, chairman and president of The International Nickel Co. of Canada, said there are more than 8,000 standard alloys of which some 2,300 contain nickel. Such is the broad field i…


50 Years Ago BIG GAIN IN GOLD IN ONTARIO

Ontario gold production made a gain of $8,156,735 in the first nine months of 1938, compared with the first three quarters of 1937. The amount produced in the period was $75,220,595. The Porcupine bel…


50 Years Ago INSPIRATION MAKES NEW GOLD FIND

Another new find in the Northwest Territories appeared on the records this week with the report of a promising gold discovery by prospectors of Inspiration Mining & Development Co. The find was at a p…



What’s New THE FINNISH LINE

Normet Canada Another Finnish mining equipment manufacturer has set up shop in Canada. The latest company to be welcomed to Sudbury, Ont. is Normet Industries Canada, whose Finn parent has manufacture…




THE RISE OF CORONA

The Corona Corp. of today is the Tcreation of two very different people : Murray Pezim, Canada’s best-known and most flamboyant promoter, and Ned Goodman, a financier with practically no public profi…


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