Articles by Northern Miner Staff

If you’re a geochemist, chances are your next grassroots exploration project will have a better chance of success if you can identify not just rock types in the field but also jack pine, trembling asp…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne Date Apr. 26 Apr. 25 Apr. 22 Apr. 21 Apr. 20 Copper 1080-1190 1095-1105 1167-1168 1170-118…

When an announcement that a crosscut has encountered a 52-ft orebody, assaying $11 in gold, fails to stir prices of gold mining shares, traders and the public may be excused for wondering, What’s wron…

A $2-million surface drilling program is planned this year by Dolphin Explorations (VSE) for its Cape Ray gold property in southwest Newfoundland. Planned by the company, which is 44% owned by Interna…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) May 90.05 88.50 89.35 — 5.55 Jun 89.00 89.00 …

Geodimeter of Canada has fully automated the monitoring of walls in open-pit mines. The company’s total station survey system, the AGA 710, which is used for monitoring the structural stability of pit…

Results from a drill hole on the Eastmain gold project in northern Quebec have management at MSV Resources (ME) and Placer Dome (TSE) smiling. Assays from hole 332-45 over a 32.6-ft length revealed an…

Some encouraging gold intersections have been returned from Dutch Creek Resources’ (VSE) Wisconsin property near Nelson, B.C. The company says that recent exploration work “encountered at depth the wi…

Vancouver-based Galactic Resources (TSE) and partner BP Minerals America have successfully negotiated a $56-million(US) gold loan to finance construction of the Ridgeway gold mine, at Ridgeway, S.C. T…

Westfield Minerals (TSE) says a small geological deposit of about 200,000 tons with economic grades of copper, zinc, silver and gold has been outlined on the Big Island Lake property near Flin Flon, M…

Excellent values have been secured in the No. 6 drill hole at the former property of Baldwin Kirkland, now operated by Lucky-Kirkland Gold Mines, S. L. Macdonald tells The Northern Miner. The drill cu…

“I have been involved in many, many deals over the years, most of them unsuccessful, and it took me a long time to learn that you bet on people, not ideas.” — Leo J. Thibodeau. As he presides over t…