Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Tahoe Resources' Escobal silver project in Guatemala. Source: Tahoe Resources

Tahoe secures US$50 million credit facility

Chief executive Kevin McArthur of Tahoe Resources (THO-T, TAHO-N) says the company expects to start commissioning the mill at its Escobal silver project in Guatemala in the second half of this year and has received a US$50 million secured…


Roxgold's Yaramoko gold project in Burkina Faso. Source: Roxgold

Roxgold advances Yaramoko

Pierre Vaillancourt of Macquarie Equities Research has initiated coverage of Roxgold (ROG-V) with an outperform rating and a 12-month target price of $1.50 per share—200% higher than its current trading price of 50¢.


SilverCrest's Santa Elena project in Sonora, Mexico. Source: SilverCrest Mines

SilverCrest bulks up Santa Elena

SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, SVLC-X) has increased probable reserves of silver by 103% and of gold by 50% at its flagship Santa Elena mine, 150 km northeast of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico. Indicated resources of silver have grown by 127% and gold…


TSX Venture Exchange, May 20-24

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index inched upwards in the four-day week following the Victoria Day long weekend, adding 13.64 points, or 1.5%, to end at 948.32. Trading volumes for the period were down, averaging 53.5 million trades per…


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Editorial: HD on its feet after a tumble

Another chapter closed in the HD Mining International saga, with HD celebrating a win in the federal courts against two B.C. unions who had tried to thwart the junior developer’s efforts to import Chinese workers to take a bulk…


U.S. markets, May 20-24

For the first week since mid-April, U.S. stock indexes were dragged lower — driven down by worries that the Federal Reserve is planning to taper off its stimulus program and nagging concerns about growth in China. The Dow Jones…



A man studies drill core at Solvista Gold's Caramanta project in Colombia. Source: Solvista Gold

Solvista rises on long gold-copper intercept at Caramanta

VANCOUVER — The intercept returned a great set of numbers: 457 metres averaging 1.01 grams gold per tonne, 0.21% copper and 2.3 grams silver per tonne, starting at surface. For the team at Solvista Gold (SVV-V), however, the real buzz…




Citibank calls the end of the Supercycle

A new report from Citi Research, a division of Citigroup Global Markets, says returns have peaked for the mining sector, and that this is the year that “the death bells ring for the commodity supercycle after its duly noted…



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