Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Wall Street ends in the red, March 2-6

U.S. stocks tumbled during the first week of March as investors worried the strong monthly jobs report might trigger the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates sooner than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 276 points, or 1.5%,…


TSX Venture finishes in the red, March 2-6

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost ground during the trading sessions, dropping 2.5%, or 17.94 points, before closing at 688.79 points. Metal futures were on the decline, while investors waited on a potential interest rate hike from…


Pershimco Resources'  Cerro Quema gold project in southwestern Panama. Credit: Pershimco Resources

Pershimco advances Cerro Quema in Panama

Pershimco Resources’ (TSXV: PRO; US-OTC: RSPRF) Cerro Quema gold project in southwestern Panama is on track to start production in late 2016, and in its first full year of operation, it could be the Central American country’s…


TSX drops, March 2-6

Canada’s main stock index was in the red during the week of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention, with the country reporting lower gross domestic product growth in the fourth quarter and a worsening trade…



Processing facilities at Endeavour Silver's El Cubo silver mine in Guanajuato, Mexico.  Credit:  Endeavour Silver

Endeavour Silver adjusts to low silver prices

VANCOUVER — Silver prices are sitting around a five-year low after a precipitous fall. And that has changed the business environment for Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) and other like-minded, mid-tier miners.



Attendees at the 2015 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto.  Credit: Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada

Cautious optimism surfaces at 2015 PDAC

This year’s Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention drew 23,578 attendees from over 100 countries. While the crowd for the world’s largest mining event, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, was…



A representative "run of mine" from a portion of Q1-4 kimberlitic bulk sample totaling 17.22 carats. The largest white diamond is 1.52 carats and the largest yellow diamond is 1.17 carats. Credit: North Arrow Minerals

Bulk sample results boost diamond junior North Arrow

The initial results of a bulk sample from North Arrow Minerals’ (TSXV: NAR; US-OTC: NHAWF) Q1-4 kimberlite, at the Qilalugaq project in Nunavut, show that the yellow diamonds that were recovered in early sampling persist into larger…


An adit at Condor Gold's historic La India gold project in Nicaragua. Credit: Condor Gold

Explorers enjoy the blue-sky in Nicaragua

VANCOUVER — Epithermal gold deposits tend to form in clusters that mimic the spacing of active volcanoes, and they typically go hand-in-hand with gold-copper porphyry deposits, polymetallic skarns and other intrusion-related systems.



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