Articles by Northern Miner Staff


From left: Dia Bras consultant Jacques Marchand, and Remi Boily, general superintendent of the Bolivar copper-zinc mine, with guests outside an adit at the Bolivar copper-zinc mine in in the Sierra Madre mountains in Chihuahua state, Mexico. The company would like to build a mill on-site rather than ship ore 150 km by road and rail.

Dias Bras Looks to Build Mill at Bolivar

Dia Bras Exploration (DIB-V, DBEXF-O) has been pilot mining at the Bolivar copper-zinc mine in Chihuahua, Mexico, for nearly two years, but now that the company has completed a National Instrument 43-…


No More Broken Promises: Constellation Copper

Hoping to address the repeated production shortfalls that have left it red-faced in the past, Constellation Copper (CCU-T, CCUDF-O) is making improvements at its Lisbon Valley mine, in Utah, to increa…


Oro’s Growing Foothold in Zacatecas

Vancouver — Recently spun-off Oro Silver Resources (OSR-V, OROSF-O) is consolidating a strong presence in Zacatecas, Mexico, having signed on to acquire a producing mine and six exploration propertie…


One drill hole on Juanicipio's Valdecanas vein, at the west end of the steeply dipping structure, intersected 5.9 metres (true width) of 1,634 grams silver, 0.52 gram gold, 3.02% lead, and 4.75%

Juanicipio Keeps Mag Silver Climbing

Vancouver — Mag Silver (MAG-V, MVG-X) has become a major Mexican explorer, with seven properties to juggle that all involve hunting for new mineralization below alluvial cover in historically high-gr…


BY STEPHEN STAKIWMexican Silver Mines' geological consultant Michael Thompsen and Haywood Securities mining analyst Deanna McDonald examine drill core on the La Blanca silver-lead project.

Mexican Silver Mines Locks Down Historic Districts

Monterrey, Mexico — As one of the latest pure silver plays on the block, Mexican Silver Mines (MSM-V, MSMZF-O) has taken a different regional focus that may give it a serious leg up over the many oth…


Capital GoldSecondary and tertiary crushers

Capital Gold Carves Out Wide Profit Margin

New York City-based Capital Gold (CGC-T, CGLD-O) has given itself lots of breathing room to take advantage of rising gold prices by keeping both operating and capital costs low, a rare feat in today’s…


Explorator Keen to Drill Chilean Property

Explorator Resources (EXO-V, EXRAF-O) is about to begin exploration on the newly acquired Venus block on its 11-sq.-km El Espino-Venus project in Chile, where nine small copper-gold mines are in opera…



Oromin Keeps Hitting Gold in Senegal

Vancouver — Making the most out of its exploration contract extension, Oromin Explorations (OLE-V, OLEPF-O) is pulling strong gold grades in step-out and deep infill drillling at its Sabodala project…


Soho Plans for Resource at Tahuehueto

Drilling between two mineralized zones at Soho Resources’ (SOH-V) Tahuehueto polymetallic project in Durango, Mexico, has resulted in the discovery of a third zone.


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…


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