Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) is planning to make the most of its royalty interest in American Barrick Resources’ (TSE) Goldstrike property near Carlin, Nev. Franco-Nevada holds a 4% net sm…

Fireball — gross proceeds rec $225,000. Hildon — gross proceeds rec $157,500. Pennilane — gross proceeds rec $105,000. Sukuma — 400,000 sold for gross $140,000. …

After securing Cambior Inc.’s (TSE) 51% stake in the Flordin gold property in Desjardins Twp., Que., Bachelor Lake Gold Mines (TSE) is preparing to raise $2 million for exploration at the project. Loc…

Exploration of the old underground workings at Yukon Minerals’ (ASE) Senator gold/silver claims near Slocan, B.C. is scheduled to begin almost immediately, the company said recently. Located 8 km sout…

I was interested to read the article in the June issue of your magazine entitled “High-Speed Mucking” and especially the portion on the Voest Alpine AL-60 loader. Unfortunately, the writer does not ap…

When you want to ventilate the deepest levels of a mine or when you’re in charge of mining the highest-grade uranium deposit in the world, you’re pretty well limited to one kind of machine to get the …

Busy Little Bacteria II: One way to deal with ores which contain gold trapped in the crystal lattice of arsenopyrite is to feed it to microscopic bacteria. These little microbes oxidize the sulphides,…

The six platinum group metals (PGMs) are elements that possess unique chemical and physical characteristics. Members of the group have been in high demand by jewellers since their discovery in ancient…

Is mankind doomed to someday walk the earth alone, save for domesticated animals and mutant insects? Will we turn our once “Garden of Eden” into a living purgatory, or even blow ourselves off the face…

Mining companies have been traditionally slow in accepting or adopting new tech nology for predictive maintenance. I helped with the installation of such technology at the first planning and schedulin…

Toronto’s fashionable Yorkville district is the last place you would expect to find a down-to-earth mining man. The chic ambience and elegant designer boutiques seem more geared towards the leggy, asp…

Over the nex t few years, Canada’s 70 gold producing mines will be joined by at least 10 major new producers and a handful of smaller ones. If gold prices remain high ($530(C) per oz at presstime), th…