Investment Dollars Flow Into Mexico
Monterrey, Mexico — Mexico’s long-neglected mineral reserves are set to get a historic boost over the next few years with record levels of mining investment, making Mexico the world’s number two dest…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Commentary: Climate change’s ‘consensus?’
The adage “history repeats itself” could have been invented to describe the science of geology. As it is axiomatic that present geological processes are for the most part, replays of past events, deci…
Colombia Poised for Project Startups
Medellin, Colombia — The imminent startup of production from Cambridge Mineral Resources’ (CDGMF-O, CMR-L) Quintana property in Colombia’s Antioquia department — expected within months — will pass …
Denver Forum rides bullish bullion
Denver, Colo. — On rising bullion prices and bullish market sentiment, the 2007 Denver Gold Forum saw strong numbers, with several hundred industry and financial executives attending the late Septemb…
TSX Preferred and Exchangeable (October 08, 2007)
Falconbridge S2 Pr (FAL.PR.A-T) — Convertible at shldr’s optn and 14 days notice to one Series 3 preferred (FAL.PR.B-T) on five-year anniversaries from March 1/09.
Expanded Resource Improves Palmarejo Economics
Development economics for the Palmarejo silver-gold project in southwestern Chihuahua state, Mexico, point to combined open-pit and underground operations producing about 10 million oz. silver annuall…
As Silver Prices Rise, Excellon Shares Fall
At a time of rising silver prices, increased silver production from Excellon Resources (EXN-V, EXLLF-O) hasn’t been enough for it to curry favour with the market.
Endeavour Sorts Out Q2 Problems
Endeavour Silver’s (EDR-T, EXK-X) chief executive Bradford Cooke says that even though the company had to slash its growth forecast by half this year, it can still meet its 2009 goal to produce 5 mill…
U.S. Markets Sept. 25-Oct. 1
The U.S. markets were driven higher over the Sept. 25-Oct. 1 trading period amid speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will again lower borrowing costs after the previous week’s rate cut to 4.75%.
Semafo Shaking Up Kiniero
Unsatisfactory production from the Kiniero gold mine in eastern Guinea has led Semafo (SMF-T, SEMFF-O) to put a new mining plan in place.
Axmin Finds New Gold at Passendro
As Axmin (AXM-V, AXMIF-O) finishes up a feasibility study for its Passendro gold project in the Central African Republic, it has come across several potential gold zones in the vicinity of the propose…
Virgin Wants to Start Small at Los Verdes
With a resource calculation in hand and plans for a feasibility study, Virgin Metals (VGM-T, VGMTF-O) is looking to move along its Los Verdes copper-molybdenum project on the eastern boundary of Sonor…