1993

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…

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…

Well into an exploration program at its El Oro gold-silver project, about 110 km northwest of Mexico City, Hillsborough Resources (TSE) is reported to be pursuing other property interests in Mexico. T…

A feasibility study is expected to be completed soon at the San Francisco heap-leach gold project, 150 km north of Hermisillo, Mexico, of Geomaque Explorations (CDN). President John Paterson says that…

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…

Option agreements may earn Cambior (TSE) a 50% interest in a pair of Mexican projects, the Metates gold property in Durango state and the Suaqui Verde copper oxide property in Sonora state. The Metate…

A follow-up program on significant placer-type deposits at the Cumaral gold property in the Mexican state of Sonora in planned by Aronos Multinational (CDN). The program, to test along the ridges and …

The largest mining group in Mexico signed a US$400-million, 6-year credit facility earlier this year to refinance existing short- and medium-term debt. Metal Bulletin reports that Grupo Industrial Min…

In production for about one year is the Bismark zinc mine owned by Mexico’s largest mining corporation, Grupo Penoles, Cyprus Minerals (NYSE), and Mexican venture capital company Promociones Industria…