TSX Venture falls, June 11-15
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index ended the trading week down once again, falling 2.6% to 754.4. Shares of Cantex Mine Development rose 18¢ to 33¢. The company said it…
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South32 offers US$1.3B for Arizona Mining
After taking an initial 15% stake in junior zinc developer Arizona Mining (TSX: AZ) in April 2017 for US$81 million and boosting it to 17% over the next year for…
US markets little changed, June 11-15
The prospect of a wider trade war between China and the U.S. escalated during the trading week, as the Trump administration said it would impose a 25% tariff on up…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Silver industrial demand rebounded in 2017
The following is an edited summary from the Silver Institute, based on findings in its World Silver Survey 2018. For more information, visit www.silverinstitute.org. Industrial demand for silver, fuelled by…
Central America Snapshot: Seven juniors advance gold, silver and zinc assets
While often overshadowed by larger mining countries to the north and south, Central America is an enticing destination for mineral explorers and developers interested not only in the region’s gold…
B2Gold finds more gold at El Limon
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) began the year in Nicaragua with an open-pit resource on its Central Zone gold discovery at the El Limon mine. The Central Zone has 5.13…
Fireweed Zinc advances Macmillan Pass in Yukon
Fireweed Zinc (TSXV: FWC; US-OTC: FWEDF) could leverage open-pit mining to fund underground development at its 470 sq. km Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in the Yukon, according to its new…
Integra chasing high-grade gold at DeLamar
Integra Resources (TSXV: ITR) has tabled assays from nine of 13 initial drill holes at its DeLamar deposit, part of its larger 21.4 sq. km DeLamar gold project, 80 km…
Ascendant turns around El Mochito
Since Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND; US-OTC: ASDRF) acquired the El Mochito zinc-lead-silver mine from Nyrstar for just US$500,000 in December 2016, the company has increased production 81% and cut costs…
Pan American Silver struggles with security at Dolores
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) said it could not confirm or deny a report by Mark Turner, a blogger on the mining industry based in Peru, that a…
Video: Fireside chat with Ross Beaty at CMS 2018
A fireside chat with Pan American Silver chairman Ross Beaty at the Canadian Mining Symposium in London on April 25, 2018. Moderator: Gianni Kovacevic, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,…
Millbrook pens exploration contract with Cuban gov’t
In late April, privately held Millbrook Minerals became the first copper-zinc explorer to sign an International Economic Association (IEA) contract with Cuban state mining company GeoMinera. The document permits Millbrook…