1993


1992 — A LOOK BACK — Overseas projects

More and more, Canadian miners are involving themselves in projects abroad. Trips outside the country this year by staff members of The Northern Miner included to Mexico, Miami, South Dakota, Alaska, …





Diamond hunt craze spreads to Africa

Riding a wave of investor enthusiasm for diamonds, Canadian juniors are snapping up alluvial concessions in Africa at a rapid-fire pace. Applauding the move, investors have pushed the shares of many o…



A MINE-FINDER’S GUIDE TO THE LATEST IN GEOPHYSICS

While compiling the material for this annual review article — my first such effort since Dr. Peter Hood’s retirement last year — I had the opportunity to discuss the status of mineral exploration in…


GREENLAND CONTACTS:

Erik Andersen, P. Eng., Senior Minerals Engineer. Andersen is no stranger to Canadian mining, having spent most of his life in Canada, most recently as mine manager at the Magnacon mine in Ontario. Ad…


HISTORY OF THE ROCKS

Greenland is the world’s largest island. It covers 2,186,00 sq. km. The vast inland ice blankets roughly 80% of the total area. The surface geology can only be studied in the ice-free zone, as much as…


AN ARCTIC CLIMATE

All of Greenland has an arctic climate. The average temperature in the warmest month doesn’t exceed 10degC. But because Greenland covers a large swath north to south, between 60degN and 85deg, the wea…


HOMEGROWN EXPLORES

Platinova A/S and Nunaoil A/S play an unusual role in Greenland exploration. They both behave like any other junior doing its mightiest to find a mine. But Platinova also helps to secure for other exp…


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