Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Laboratory analyses provide vital geochemical information that is not available in the field. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geochemists work with branches within the organization and with other federa…

Richmont Mines (TSE), owner of the Francoeur gold mine near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., says large pension fund Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec recently purchased 1.1 million shares (a 9.2% interest) …

A recently completed independent calculation of reserves at the Ryan Lode property near Fairbanks, Alaska, confirms and expands previous estimates made by owner La Teko Resources (VSE). Mine Developme…

After completing a preliminary drilling program, American Barrick Resources (TSE) has decided not to invest in Hecla Mining’s (NYSE) Yellow Pine gold deposit in Idaho. Last summer, Barrick signed a le…

Riding a wave of investor enthusiasm for diamonds, Canadian juniors are snapping up alluvial concessions in Africa at a rapid-fire pace. Applauding the move, investors have pushed the shares of many o…

Government documents have shown that the 2-month inquiry this year into statements by Ontario’s Northern Development and Mines Minister Shelley Martel over a Sudbury doctor’s billing practices cost On…

Tom Peters, a U.S. management guru and author of In Search of Excellence, was quoted recently in the daily press as saying, “dull, timid, middle managers will be the most endangered corporate species…

Greenland is the world’s largest island. It covers 2,186,00 sq. km. The vast inland ice blankets roughly 80% of the total area. The surface geology can only be studied in the ice-free zone, as much as…

Erik Andersen, P. Eng., Senior Minerals Engineer. Andersen is no stranger to Canadian mining, having spent most of his life in Canada, most recently as mine manager at the Magnacon mine in Ontario. Ad…

Gold: The Skaergaard intrusion of East Greenland is probably the best known occurrence. However, GGU geologists have found gold mineralization in the more traditional greenstone belts of the Nuussuaq …

Diamondiferous kimberlites, lamproites and related rocks have been recorded in the West Greenland block of Archaean rock. GGU Open File Series 91/2 documents 500 such occurrences between latitudes 60d…

Platinova A/S and Nunaoil A/S play an unusual role in Greenland exploration. They both behave like any other junior doing its mightiest to find a mine. But Platinova also helps to secure for other exp…