Articles by Northern Miner Staff

With the Denton-Rawhide gold-silver mine slated for closure next year, Pacific Rim Mining (PMU-T) is forging ahead with plans to advance its wholly owned El Dorado gold project in El Salvador.

Agnico-Eagle Mines (AGE-T) says the Ontario Securities Commission is “contemplating commencing proceedings” against the company and some members of management.

European central banks announced earlier this month that they would continue to limit the sale of their gold, while increasing the limit slightly.

De Beers has recovered a 0.9-carat diamond from a bulk sample taken at the Festival property, north of Wawa, Ont. The project is a joint venture with Toronto-based diamond explorer Pele Mountain Resources (GEM…

A generally poor report period for U.S. equity markets didn’t extend to the mining stocks, which were mostly higher over the five trading days March 17-23 as the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 index both fell slightly more than 1%.

Drilling by Canarc Resource (CCM-T) at the Benzdorp property in Suriname has extended the known length of the JQA gold-copper stockwork by a further 100 metres.