Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Dr James Neilson, a consulting geological engineer and former professor of geological sciences at Queen’s University, has died in Kingston, Ont., at the age of 75. A prolific author on geological subj…

Dresser Industries (Libertyville, Ill.) has introduced a new crawler-dozer which has a number of unique features. The TD-15E, as it is called, is the first in the 130-190-hp class to have optional 2-s…

An option agreement has been completed between Cornucopia Resources and USX Corp. (formerly U.S. Steel) for a gold property in Nevada. The agreement covers the 13,000-acre- plus Ivanhoe property in El…

Three years ago an investigative report compiled by the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (canmet) confirmed what many in the mining industry had suspected: that maintenance costs consti…

Magnets made of neodymium, iron and boron are about to penetrate the $1- billion world market for permanent magnets. Because of their high strength, low weight and low cost, Nd-Fe-B magnets could capt…

The next time you tell your wife she looks like a million bucks, it doesn’t have to be a lie. A new line of elitist cosmetics can leave her literally glowing. If you’re planning a business trip in Eur…

A wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of American Barrick Resources has launched a $50 million(US) gold- indexed Eurobond guaranteed by American Barrick. The notes allow the company to borrow money at a low …

Ligneris Mineral Exploration has raised $940,000 in a public financing. Drilling is set to begin on the company’s Ligneris Twp. property and on its Glandelet Twp. property, both in northwestern Quebec…

In a bid to eliminate its long- term debt, Mineral Resources International is planning a rights offering to common shareholders. The offering is being designed to raise up to $12 million for MRI which…

Underground drilling by Aur Resources on its First Canadian property near Val d’Or has indicated grades could be significantly higher than originally estimated from surface drilling. The arithmetical …

St. Joe Gold reports net income of $7.9 million or 25 cents per share for the year ended Oct 31 compared with $5.3 million or 17 cents per share for the same period a year earlier. The company, a unit…

Winding up the year 1936 with great improvement in all departments, Little Long Lac Gold Mines appears destined to achieve new record heights this year, The Northern Miner can say after visiting the p…