Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Often when an employee is hired he or she is asked to sign an employment agreement or to agree to comply with the terms of employment. These may be extensive or quite brief, but the odds are they will…

The orebody at the Hope Brook zone is combined in an altered volcanic silicified sequence about 2 1/2 miles long. The actual Hope Brook formation occurs at the northeast end of this altered zone. It …

Geophysicists from around the world will meet in Toronto this month for a once-per-decade conference to discuss the latest in mineral exploration techniques and developments. It will be the third dece…

Once upon a time in a land rich with gold, investors, both both domestic and foreign, looked to one gold miner — a giant in the realm — as the only reliable protector of their battered paper currenc…

With current cash position and anticipated operating profits for the last half of the year expected to be more than sufficient to pay for doubling the milling capacity, Pamour Porcupine should pile up…

Sluicing has been used for the concentration of high-density minerals, especially gold, for centuries. It continues to be the predominant mineral processing technique in use for placer gold mining in …

Mineral exploration can be difficult in the coastal areas of western Canada, Alaska and such Pacific island areas as Papua New Guinea where roads, communications, medical facilities and supplies are v…

Fontana Gold Mines Limited, has completed shaft sinking to a depth of 300 ft. A level has been opened up at a depth of 275 ft. where crosscutting and drifting is now in progress. According to J. F. Si…

A co-operative program has been established between Canada and the European Economic Community for research to develop new technologies for treating complex ores. The agreement will facilitate the exc…

The following people have been elected officers of Queenston Gold Mines: Hugh Harbinson, chairman of the board; R. M. Gray, president and chief executive officer; Erik Anderson, vice-president, operat…

Michael Harrison has been appointed as the new, full- time president of the Canadian Nuclear Association. He has served on the boards of directors of several public and private corporations and nation…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Nuturn Corp. has appointed E. F. (Gene) Leach as vice- president of finance. He succeeds J. L. Battle who was recently promoted to vice-president and general manager of Nuturn A…