Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Already among the world’s 10 largest stock exchanges in terms of market capitalization, the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (Mexican Stock Exchange) will soon benefit from a package of reforms to the Nation…

The interest of Chutine Resources (VSE) in a Mexican mining venture is for sale. The junior is seeking a buyer for its 49% stake in Minera Sanex S.A., which owns a copper-gold property in Sonora’s San…

The value of Mexico’s mining output in 1992 reached US$2.5 billion, a gain of 1.1% from the previous year. The precious metals group (gold and silver) accounted for 16% of the total value of productio…

Well into an exploration program at its El Oro gold-silver project, about 110 km northwest of Mexico City, Hillsborough Resources (TSE) is reported to be pursuing other property interests in Mexico. T…

A feasibility study is expected to be completed soon at the San Francisco heap-leach gold project, 150 km north of Hermisillo, Mexico, of Geomaque Explorations (CDN). President John Paterson says that…

Upon selling its 49% interest in silver-zinc-lead mine owner Minera Real de Angeles earlier this year, Placer Dome (TSE) proceeded to acquire the Mulatos gold properties of Minera Real in Sonora state…

Shunning a joint venture with several interested majors, San Fernando Mining (VSE) is proceeding on its own at the San Fernando project, 45 miles northeast of Culiacan, Mexico. In the summer, the comp…

The official market for silver use in Mexico in 1992 for industrial purposes and jewelry was about 14.7 million oz. The Silver Institute of Washington, D.C., reports that slightly more than half of th…

With a field work program completed at its large copper property in the state of Chihuahua, near the Texas border, Corner Bay Minerals (TSE) is seeking ways to continue its exploration plans, either b…

Since the mid-1980s, Mexico has undergone an economic transformation in record time, a feat that few other developing countries can claim. The change in Mexico’s economy from state control to an open …

Mexico has an area of 1.96 million sq. km. Its population, estimated at 84.1 million in 1992, has recently been growing at 1.8% per year. About 70% of the population lives in urban areas, with more th…

Additional reserves have been delineated at the Cuatro Hermanos copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit in the Mexican state of Sonora, Morgain Minerals (VSE) reports. A 4,500-ft. percussion drill program …