Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Hinge mine portal at San Gold's Rice Lake mining complex in Manitoba. Source: San Gold

San Gold sinks on higher costs, lower guidance

San Gold (SGR-T) shares tumbled 42% over three trading days after the gold miner missed market expectations with its 2012 production results, three-year guidance and updated reserve-and-resource estimate, all published on Feb. 8.



A driller loads a rod at Orko Silver's La Preciosa silver-gold project in Durango state, Mexico. Photo by Ben Whiting.

Coeur outbids First Majestic for Orko

Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) has trumped First Majestic Silver (FR-T, AG-N) in a contest to acquire Orko Silver (OK-V) for its coveted La Preciosa project, ranked as one of the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposits.



Editorial: Writedowns and the damage done

Another week, and we present yet another issue filled with talk of writedowns, dividend cuts and CEO exits among the majors. It’s been the theme of much of the producers’ side of the industry these past few months.






TSX lower as write-downs hurt gold miners

The TSX Composite Index was off 103 points to 12,686.63 for the Feb. 11-15 period as market activity unfolded in anticipation of a G20 meeting set on addressing the emerging theme of currency wars — where one country lowers the value of…



U.S. equities seek direction, Feb. 11-15

The S&P 500 index ended in positive territory for the seventh week in a row with a small gain of 0.12% to 1,519.79. The last time the index enjoyed a seven-week run was between December 2010 and January 2011. The other indexes didn’t…


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