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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Cobriza on the copper trail in Peru
The final results from Cobriza Metals’ (CZA-T) first drill campaign at its Arikepay polymetallic project in Peru are in, and they continue to indicate that the company is on to a large porphyry system.
High-grade gold lifts Atac
Shares of Atac Resources (ATC-V) climbed nearly 10% after the prominent Yukon-focused explorer released more results from its wholly owned Rackla gold project, 55 km northeast of Keno City. Atac released assays from another 23 holes completed…
Primero’s star rises in the west
The industry expected big things from Toronto-based Primero Mining (P-T, PPP-N) when it acquired the San Dimas gold-silver mine in Mexico for US$500 million from Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) just over two years ago. But things did not always go…
Great Panther eyes steady growth
Great Panther Silver (GPR-T, GPL-X) aims to steadily grow output from its two revived mines in Mexico to help reach its long-term goal of producing more than 5 million silver-equivalent oz. a year.While the company posted flat results for the…
Argonaut looks to improve Mexican ops
Argonaut Gold (AR-T) has a lot going for it in Mexico, where it operates the El Castillo and the new La Colorada gold mines and is pushing ahead its San Antonio project.Both mines had a strong June quarter, which helped the Toronto-based…
Advanced Explorations drops on feasibility study
Shares of Advanced Explorations (AXI-V) plunged 37% following the results of its feasibility study on the Roche Bay iron project on the Melville Peninsula in Nunavut.
Enticing Guerrero belt attracts gold juniors
Newstrike Capital (NES-V) has hit encouraging infill gold intercepts at its Ana Paula project in southwestern Mexico’s Guerrero gold belt.The delineation drilling, which targeted the project’s southeast, includes hole 12-97 that…
Mexico A-GoGold
After months of waiting, GoGold Resources (GGD-V) has wrapped up its acquisition of Absolute Gold Holdings and is once again actively trading on the TSX Venture Exchange.GoGold first announced the all-share take-over of Absolute in late March,…
Mexico buoys Pan American in stormy seas
Thanks to its acquisition earlier this year of the Dolores silver mine in northern Mexico, Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-X) set a new quarterly record for gold production and posted the second-highest silver production in…
Letter to the editor: Weak leadership in Quebec government
Regarding last week’s editorial, “Ooh la la: is Plan Nord becoming Plan Non?”, the underlying issue with Plan Nord is that from a good idea the Charest government has totally misled not just Quebecers and Canadians but many…
Honouring Timmins’ mine finders
Led by association president Dean Rogers, northern Ontario’s Porcupine Prospectors and Developers Association has erected three bronze statues to honour legendary gold mine finders (from left): Jack Wilson of the Dome mine, Sandy McIntyre…