Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Northern Vertex plans for pilot production at Moss

VANCOUVER – Northern Vertex Mining (NEE-V) wants to get into production as soon as possible and the junior just took a big step in that direction, with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Moss project in Arizona that lays out a…


An aerial shot of AuRico's El Chanate mine in Sonora, Mexico. Source: AuRico Gold

El Chanate write-down surprises AuRico shareholders

Despite a $127 million write-down of the El Chanate mine in Sonora, Mexico, Canaccord Genuity analyst Rahul Paul says he isn’t changing his investment thesis on AuRico Gold (AUQ-T, AUQ-N) and is maintaining his US$11 price target on the stock….


Newstrike outlines maiden resource at Ana Paula

VANCOUVER — It has been a wild ride for Vancouver-based explorer Newstrike Capital (NES-V) at its flagship Ana Paula gold-silver project along the emerging gold belt in Guerrero State, Mexico. After acquiring the project roughly three…



Patterson Lake discovery triggers junior uranium frenzy

VANCOUVER — Nothing draws Canadian explorers quite like an emerging mineral discovery that looks to have district-scale potential, and that is proving to be the case with Fission Energy (FIS-V) and Alpha Minerals (AMW-V) Patterson Lake…


Barno's Twangiza project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Source: Banro

Banro eyes US$100M financing to get back on track

Banro (BAA-T, BAA-X) intends to secure a larger financing package of up to US$100 million to get its delayed Namoya gold project in the Maniema province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into production by year end.   




Workers oversee development at the Baomahun project in Sierra Leone. Source: Amara Mining

Amara delivers on promise

In an interview in Toronto with The Northern Miner last year, Amara Mining (AMZ-T, AMA-L) chief executive Peter Spivey predicted the company would release an updated resource estimate defining a large mineralized sulphide deposit underlying…


Where do miners go from here?

The shift from “quantity to returns” has led to numerous headaches for miners, causing project delays, hefty writedowns and CEO departures, while companies tackle escalating costs that have caught up with the rising commodity…


A ball mill at Endeavour Silver's Bolanitos silver mine in Guanajuato state, Mexico. Source: Endeavour Silver

Endeavour reports record earnings, output

VANCOUVER — A day after announcing record earnings in 2012, Endeavour Silver (EXK-N) inked a deal to sell bonus concentrate from its overachieving Bolanitos silver-gold mine to local Mexican smelters, in a move that positions the producer…



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