Exploration activity may be on the wane in most parts of Canada, but not in the Northwest Territories. Canada’s North has been abuzz with activity in recent years, although much of it relates to signi…
The strategies employed in searching for mines vary from company to company. Among other factors, they are determined by company size, financial clout and management’s view as to which minerals offer …
Although much has been said about the use of “G10” garnets as a indicator of diamond potential, two lesser known geochemical techniques are also effective diamond exploration tools. Nickel thermometry…
An active player in the process of providing kimberlite core and bulk samples to mining concerns investigating kimberlite anomalies is Calgary-based S D S Drilling Ltd. The drilling contractor is invo…
Helicopter-borne geophysical surveying for kimberlites in the Northwest Territories has been remarkably successful. The thin or non-existent glacial cover and the highly resistive bedrock are ideal co…
Mineral exploration in New Brunswick will be dominated by major companies in 1993 and will be almost exclusively directed towards discovery of base metals. Noranda Exploration, Brunswick Mining and Sm…
Notwithstanding a full plate of interesting international gold prospects, one of Placer Dome’s (TSE) priority exploration programs is being played out at its North American flagship operation. The Bal…
The search for deposits has taken many Canadian junior companies abroad, including to Africa where the chances of discovering precious metals, base metals or diamonds are as favorable as anywhere else…
South Africa-based diamond house De Beers announced recently that it will buy more diamonds from producers because of an improvement in the market. The company controls more than 80% of the global tra…
The president of a mining company in Kirkland Lake, Ont., has predicted there will be a diamond mine in that camp by the year 2000. No doubt Carl Forbes would like his company, Strike Minerals (CDN), …
Mining companies looking to cash in on the unknown metallic minerals potential of Alberta should tread carefully, as there are untold and untested environmental and bureaucratic pitfalls around many c…
At a time when it is difficult to finance, develop and operate a hardrock metal mine, some junior mining companies are opting for less cost-intensive projects in the industrial or specialty mineral se…
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