Articles by Northern Miner Staff


On the border between the Caribbean and Cocos tectonic plates, Nicaragua remains very active geologically. Shown above are examples of the numerous volcanoes and collapsed calderas seen throughout the 80-km-wide Nicaragua graben, which hugs the country's Pacific coast.

Gold gives Nicaragua much-needed boost

Few countries have as sad a tale to tell as Nicaragua. Ravaged by a decade of civil war and strangled by a U.S. trade embargo in the 1980s, her economy was just beginning to recover when Hurricane Mit…



Drilling at Kimber Resources' Carmen gold-silver deposit in Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains.

Kimber aims to advance Carmen to feasibility

Stronger precious metals prices have re-ignited interest in Mexico’s Sierra Madre gold-silver belt, and among the beneficiaries is Kimber Resources (KBR-V), which plans to complete a feasibility study…




First Associates’ Poirier favours Glencairn

The following is the first in a series of articles concerned with the stock picks of a select group of mining analysts and newsletter writers who follow the junior retail mining sector closely. This w…


Hard to kill

“Prospectors foregathered to the number of about 150 in Toronto on Tuesday to form an association and to formally protest against the passage of the proposed Engineers Act. Organization was quickly pe…



American Gold gains Metates

Vancouver-based American Gold Capital (AAU-V) has acquired the Metates gold-silver project in the Mexican state of Durango.The company issued 12 million shares for the acquisition, as required under t…


BHP Billiton inks Chinese steel deal

Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) has signed a US$9-billion deal to ship some 12 million tonnes of iron ore annually to four of China’s top steel mills.The 25-year deal is BHP’s largest-ever…


Golden Goose ponders Magino options

Location matters in the mining industry, which explains why management of Golden Goose Resources (GGR-V) is tracking the pending closure of the Hemlo gold mines in Ontario.The company’s Magino gold pr…


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