Articles by Northern Miner Staff

In the mid-to-late 1980s, the mineral potential of Papua New Guinea (PNG) captured the imagination of exploration companies in Australia and elsewhere. Indeed, at one point, more than 18% of the count…

A workshop titled “Giant Ore Deposits II: Controls on the Intensity of Hydrothermal Mineralization Associated with Orogenic Magmatism” is planned for April 25-27 at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont. …

Partners HRC Development (VSE) and Eldorado (TSE) have advanced their Andes gold project In Argentina beyond the grassroots stage. The property, which comprises more than 1,200 square miles near the C…

The Pacific Rim country of Papua New Guinea is to receive economic help from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government announced recently in Port Moresby. In a brief sta…

With investor sentiment shifting from extreme optimism to extreme disappointment and, finally, to what can only be termed apathy, companies exploring for diamonds have taken a beating during the past …

The Akweskwa gold property, 24 miles southwest of Timmins, Ont., has been acquired by Eastmain Resources (CDN). The property includes nine patented claims optioned from Falconbridge (TSE), 18 claims o…

A 50-year member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Harry Badgley died recently in Summerland, B.C. He was 85. He spent his entire working career in the mining industry, st…

After years of relative quiescence, exploration activity is once again on the upswing in Ontario’s prolific Kirkland Lake gold camp. With a past production history totalling nearly 39 million oz. gold…

Exploration successes, particularly in remote regions of Canada, usually result from good properties, exploration know-how, persistence, and a dash of luck. One junior hoping its properties will benef…

The province of Manitoba last year experienced its highest exploration expenditures in four years; ministry of energy and mines personnel estimate that $40 million was spent in this area. By year-end,…

Diamond exploration expenditures were the main area of growth in Saskatchewan in 1994, rising by more than 60% from the previous year. The ministry of energy and mines estimates that total surface min…

Molybdenum generated little interest in past years because of poor market conditions and depressed prices. But all that appears to have changed. Today, moly oxide prices are at the US$15.50-16.50-per-…