Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Goldcorp’s Penasquito finding its legs

Beset by a string of early production problems, Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) is hurriedly working to ramp up to full production at its newest flagship asset, the Penasquito silver-gold-lead-zinc mine in Mexico’s Zacatecas state.


Agnico-Eagle Mines' Pinos Altos gold mine in Mexico. Photo by Agnico-Eagle Mines

Agnico-Eagle ramps up Pinos Altos

Agnico-Eagle Mines’ (AEM-T, AEM-N) new Pinos Altos gold-silver mine in Mexico had a remarkable second quarter with notable gold production amid the company’s less-than-stellar period. 



Almaden expands Ixtaca zone

Prospect generator Almaden Minerals (AMM-T) continues to expand its wholly owned Ixtaca discovery as it works through a 20,000-metre drill program on the property.


Alan J. Hutchison

Commentary: Weighing Mexico’s security risks

Back in 2004 I attended an annual general meeting for a client that had acquired a gold-silver mine in Mexico. It was one of many Canadian juniors at the time who had managed to acquire small-scale mines with good expansion possibilities and,…





Treasury Metals gets solid results out of Goliath

Treasury Metals’ (TML-T) quest to add significant tonnage to its resource estimate got a boost from recent drill results at the Goliath Gold project in Northwestern Ontario. While the company is drilling the better understood Eastern zone, it…



Coro Mining shares plunge after environmental permit rejection

The provincial government of Mendoza has failed to ratify the environmental impact declaration for Coro Mining’s (COP-T) San Jorge copper-gold porphyry project in Argentina, voting against allowing the company to build an open-pit mine there.


International Tower Hill updates PEA

International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-T, THM-X) has updated the preliminary economic assessment of its Livengood deposit, about 110 km north of Fairbanks in Alaska, where drilling continues to expand the deposit. The company plans…


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