Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Soltoro steps it up in Jalisco

Junior explorer Soltoro (SOL-V), which is focused on finding bulk-tonnage gold and silver deposits in southwestern Mexico, is making headway in Jalisco state where it defined a resource at its 100%-owned El Rayo primary silver project earlier…


Workers pour dor at Alamos Gold's Mulatos gold mine in Sonora state, Mexico. Photo by Alamos Gold

Alamos is on the move

Alamos Gold (AGI-T) has posted higher second-quarter profits, despite lower production at its flagship Mulatos gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state.


Great Panther re-starts concentrate shipments

Great Panther Silver (GPR-T, GPL-X) has started shipping silver-gold pyrite concentrates from its Guanajuato mine to a new buyer in Mexico. Shipments had been delayed because an overseas smelter with which Great Panther had a one-year contract…


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…


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