Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX Venture Exchange, July 22-26

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index capped off a four-week rally during the trading sessions, jumping 4.9 points en route to its highest close since June at 925.29 points. The Venture remained in the green despite a general decline in…



Landing at Panoro Minerals' Cotabambas copper project in Peru in late 2012. Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Long hit stokes optimism at Cotabambas

VANCOUVER — A long copper-gold intercept suggests that the Ccalla deposit has more mineralization to offer Panoro Minerals (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF), as the company gets set to update the resource estimate at its Cotabambas project in…




The Cauquenes tailings pond at Amerigo Resources' MVC copper-moly tailings operation in Chile. Source: Amerigo Resources

Amerigo extends tailings deal until 2037

The El Teniente mine in the Chilean Andes has been producing copper since 1904, and Codelco believes the underground copper mine — the world’s largest, with more than 2,400 km of subterranean tunnels — has many more decades to…


The San Francisco open-pit gold mine in Sonora State, Mexico, in 2011. Source: Timmins Gold

Timmins Gold adjusts to lower metal prices

VANCOUVER — Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-Arca: TGD) is striving for operational stability at its San Francisco open-pit gold mine in Sonora state, Mexico. The company announced cost-saving measures in April 2012 and has shown consistent…



U.S. markets, July 22-26

Better-than-expected corporate earnings and optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve would keep interest rates low propped up U.S. equities, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 15.09 points, or 0.10%, to finish the week at 15,558.83,…



Mining engineers consult with one another at Agnico Eagle's Goldex gold project. Source: Agnico Eagle

Agnico pursues growth amid capital cuts

Despite the weaker gold price, slumping profits and spending cuts, Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) says it’s on track to grow its gold production to 1.2 million oz. by 2015.



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