Mexico Capitalizes on Silver’s Rise
As the second-largest silver-producing country in the world, Mexico is enjoying historic price levels for silver, and that’s good news for the economy.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Capital Gold Carves Out Wide Profit Margin
New York City-based Capital Gold (CGC-T, CGLD-O) has given itself lots of breathing room to take advantage of rising gold prices by keeping both operating and capital costs low, a rare feat in today’s…
Explorator Keen to Drill Chilean Property
Explorator Resources (EXO-V, EXRAF-O) is about to begin exploration on the newly acquired Venus block on its 11-sq.-km El Espino-Venus project in Chile, where nine small copper-gold mines are in opera…
Ring Around the Double Eagle. . . and the Stocks Fall Down
McFauld’s Lake explorers watched their stock fall recently, after benefiting from Noront Resources’ (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) recent Double Eagle nickel discovery in the James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario.
Solitario Likes Pachuca Real Results
These are good times for Solitario Resources (SLR-T, XPL-X).
Expanded Resource Improves Palmarejo Economics
Development economics for the Palmarejo silver-gold project in southwestern Chihuahua state, Mexico, point to combined open-pit and underground operations producing about 10 million oz. silver annuall…
Toronto Stock Exchange Sept. 25-Oct. 1
Stronger performances from the mining sector helped the TSX Composite Index continue on its path to recovery as it gained 242.3 points to finish the Sept. 25-Oct. 1 trading period at 14,200.58.
U.S. Markets Sept. 25-Oct. 1
The U.S. markets were driven higher over the Sept. 25-Oct. 1 trading period amid speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will again lower borrowing costs after the previous week’s rate cut to 4.75%.
TSX Venture Exchange Sept. 25-Oct. 1
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index climbed 71.27 points to 2,872.66 over the Sept. 24-Oct. 1 trading session. Average daily trading volume decreased to 85.3 millions shares.
Daily Metal Prices (October 08, 2007)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)
Spot Prices Courtesy of Scotiabank Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007
Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $735.75 +8.05 Silver $13.28 0.00 Platinum $1356.00 +20.00 Palladium $352.00 +12.00 Base Metals Price (US$/lb.) Change Nickel $13.64 -1.16 Lead $1.60 0.00 Copper $3.70…
Georgia Pushes Ahead on Mexican Moly
Georgia Ventures (GVI-V, GGVTF-O) has wasted little time getting to work on a recently acquired project that it calls “the most advanced open-pit molybdenum deposit in Mexico.”