Articles by Northern Miner Staff

SilverCrest's Santa Elena project in Sonora, Mexico. Source: SilverCrest Mines

SilverCrest bulks up Santa Elena

SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, SVLC-X) has increased probable reserves of silver by 103% and of gold by 50% at its flagship Santa Elena mine, 150 km northeast of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico. Indicated resources of silver have grown by 127% and gold…



Cartoon by JK.

Editorial: HD on its feet after a tumble

Another chapter closed in the HD Mining International saga, with HD celebrating a win in the federal courts against two B.C. unions who had tried to thwart the junior developer’s efforts to import Chinese workers to take a bulk…


Kootenay adds gold to Promontorio resource

VANCOUVER — Kootenay Silver (KTN-V) always knew there was gold alongside the silver at its flagship Promontorio project in Sonora, Mexico, but without proof the gold was economically recoverable, the company had to exclude the yellow…


U.S. markets, May 20-24

For the first week since mid-April, U.S. stock indexes were dragged lower — driven down by worries that the Federal Reserve is planning to taper off its stimulus program and nagging concerns about growth in China. The Dow Jones…



Centerra hits another roadblock at Kumtor

A swarm of protestors have blocked the only road leading to Centerra Gold’s (CG-T) Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan in a move to pressure the government to cancel the 2009 Kumtor agreement it signed with the miner.




Citibank calls the end of the Supercycle

A new report from Citi Research, a division of Citigroup Global Markets, says returns have peaked for the mining sector, and that this is the year that “the death bells ring for the commodity supercycle after its duly noted…




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