Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Misfires are a common problem in any blasting operation. But engineers at a U.S. National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., have developed and tested a digital device which promises to greatly improve …

An advertising billboard recently featured a picture of a muddied 4-wheel drive vehicle that had been put through its off-the-road paces. The caption read: “A face only a mudder could love.” Which was…

A mainstay of the mining industry Ais negotiating and entering into Aagreements to acquire property interests. Often, great pain is taken to make sure that the agreement is complete and clearly sets f…

Peacock Inc. of Mississauga, Ont., has been appointed the Canadian distributor for Air-Maze filtration products. Air-Maze is a Cleveland, Ohio-based manufacturer that developed the first oil bath filt…

I read with great interest your Research column (September issue) on Mother Lode-type deposits and environs. Eastfield Resources has a direct interest in the Pinchi Fault belt, and we believe that we …

Additional near-surface reserves have been outlined by Northern Platinum (VSE) on the company’s Kanichee copper-nickel property near Temagami, Ont. Drilling has outlined 249,250 tons grading 0.84% cop…

Consolidated earnings of $3.7 million (44 per share) on revenue of $36.7 million were reported by Giant Yellowknife Mines (TSE) for the third quarter of this year, compared with $3.1 million (44 per s…

Australian gold producer Whim Creek Consolidated has signalled its displeasure with some recent developments involving the company by replacing Chairman Pat Hughes and chief executive officer Peter Mc…

Brazilian gold prospectors or garimpeiros, (pronounced garim- pay-roos) are responsible for about 80% of that country’s gold output, a recent report says. The independent pick and shovel diggers, know…

For many times over the last 20 years, I have appreciated the editorials of The Northern Miner, but the one titled “Wasting our assets” (N.M., Nov 7/88) is excessively ” a propos” for all of us Canadi…

The venerable London Metal Exchange (LME), having reached out to the Far East, may soon be making its physical presence felt in North America. The exchange, with 97-98% of its activity generated outsi…

Having had some experience in the investor/public relations field, I am nonetheless continually amazed by the ingenuity and invention displayed by some of its practitioners. The article “Gunnar, Mill …