Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Drilling is planned by Canada Tungsten (TSE) to provide samples for metallurgical testing at the Andacollo heap-leach copper project, 50 km from La Serena, Chile. The company recently acquired an opti…

Partners Royalstar Resources (VSE) and Paramount Ventures & Finance (VSE) have received approval from a Czech court for their acquisition of an 80% interest in a Czech company which owns the Kasperske…

A 3-hole program on the ATT claims in the South Kemess Creek area of north-central British Columbia has failed to encounter any significant mineralization. Owner Claimstaker Resources (VSE) noted that…

One of three holes drilled in the Hatter Dome area on the Ivanhoe property has intersected 525 ft. grading 0.012 oz. gold per ton from 1,330 ft. to 1,855 ft. The property, in Elko Cty., Nev., is 75% o…

The discovery that silver activates oxygen in water to destroy bacteria and viruses instantly opens a new chapter in the use of silver for water purification. Spearheaded by Fountainhead Technologies …

An interim report from the commission probing both the Vancouver Stock Exchange and the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) provides interesting and, dare we say, encouraging insights into t…

At last the Quirke mine and mill in Elliot Lake, Ont., started into production in the summer of 1956. Expectations were high with the anticipated precipitation of “yellow cake,” or uranium oxide, from…

Would you believe that the exploration departments of many junior and senior mining firms do not acknowledge letters of proposals or submissions from prospectors, promoters and geologists? As time mar…

William Calsbeck appointed vice-president, investor relations.

Kjeld Werbes appointed director.

Industrial mineral suppliers, consumers, traders and consultants from across North America and Europe converged on Toronto recently for the Canadian Conference on Markets for Industrial Minerals. Dele…

David Hodge and Patrick Power appointed directors.