Articles by Northern Miner Staff

With an advanced copper project and a producing gold mine in its portfolio, Toronto-based Exall Resources (TSE) is one of the more active juniors on the Mexican mining scene. “Our main focus is copper…

With formal title to the Boleo concessions in hand, International Curator Resources (VSE) and Coeur d’Alene Mines (NYSE) are proceeding with exploration and development. Initial work on the property, …

By acquiring a private Mexican company this year, Randstrom Manufacturing (VSE) is able to select properties from a database of precious metals properties in northwest Mexico. The data were acquired d…

Joint-venture partners Jonpol Explorations (TSE) and T & H Resources (TSE) report that a reverse circulation drill program has commenced at La Viruela gold property, 210 km southeast of Hermosillo, in…

The exploration activity of Noranda Exploration in Mexico continues to pick up as its budget for the region increases. The company, a unit of Noranda (TSE), and known as Norex, has about 20 projects o…

With one Mexican copper project in production, Cominco Resources International (TSE) is continuing efforts to develop the Mariquita project in northwest Mexico. The company has been evaluating financi…

As the country in the Western Hemisphere with the longest mining history, Mexico has developed an important body of mining law. The law is derived partly from the legal concepts and traditions that ev…

Primary silver production in Mexico increased by 3.7% in 1992, rising to 65 million oz. from 62.7 million oz., The Silver Institute of Washington, D.C., reports in its World Silver Survey 1993. The co…

Diamond drilling will be carried out this fall by Orcana Resources (VSE) on a newly acquired copper project in Mexico’s Sonora state. The junior can acquire the San Carlos project by paying US$500,000…

Already among the world’s 10 largest stock exchanges in terms of market capitalization, the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (Mexican Stock Exchange) will soon benefit from a package of reforms to the Nation…

The interest of Chutine Resources (VSE) in a Mexican mining venture is for sale. The junior is seeking a buyer for its 49% stake in Minera Sanex S.A., which owns a copper-gold property in Sonora’s San…

The value of Mexico’s mining output in 1992 reached US$2.5 billion, a gain of 1.1% from the previous year. The precious metals group (gold and silver) accounted for 16% of the total value of productio…