Silver

The processing plant at First Majestic Silver's Del Toro silver mine in Mexico. Source: First Majestic Silver

First Majestic to join top-tier silver miners

First Majestic Silver (FR-T, AG-N) is eyeing senior producer status as it expands Del Toro — its fifth silver mine in Mexico — and improves operations at its four other mines in the country to drive its annual silver production…


Processing facilities at Yamana's Chapada open pit gold-copper mine, located in Brazil. Credit: Yamana Gold.

Yamana’s Q1 profits plunge as costs rise

Despite producing more gold than a year ago, Toronto-based Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) wasn’t able to buck the trend of miners posting shrinking first-quarter profits amidst dipping metal prices. Profit for the first quarter of…


Trevali ‘more than a one-trick pony,’ Haywood says

New Brunswick has given the green light to Trevali Mining (TV-T) to operate its Caribou mine and mill complex in the Atlantic province’s Bathurst mining camp, and the zinc-focused development company says it expects to fire up the mill…



Aldridge de-risks Yenipazar in Turkey

A nation at the crossroads of Europe and Asia measuring about 800 by 1,600 km is punching above its weight as an emerging mining jurisdiction, with operating mines owned by Inmet Mining (IMN-T), Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) and Alacer Gold…




Working underground at Hudbay Minerals' 777 copper-zinc-gold-silver mine in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Credit: Hudbay Minerals.

Hudbay builds on its Manitoba legacy

VANCOUVER — Canadian base metal producer Hudbay Minerals (HBM-T, HBM-N) laid a foundation for success on the Flin Flon greenstone belt in northern Manitoba roughly 85 years ago. During that time the company has developed 26 mines in the…


‘It pays to be prudent,’ miners say

Endeavour Silver Corp. (EDR-T, EXK-N) and Osisko Mining (OSK-T) became the latest companies to unveil cost-cutting measures this week—and both on the same day—as volatile markets and precious metal prices continue to bite into the…


Homestake releases final resource as Agnico-Eagle takes over

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based junior Homestake Resource (HSR-V) is turning the page on nine years of exploration at its Homestake Ridge gold-silver property on the Iskut-Stewart-Kitsault belt 32 km northwest of Alice Arm, B.C. A final…



A worker moves material underground at Endeavour Silver's Bolanitos silver mine in Mexico's Guanajuato state. Source: Endeavour Silver

Endeavour Silver’s Bradford Cooke shares his recipe

VANCOUVER — As founder and CEO of Endeavour Silver (EDR-T, EXK-N), Bradford Cooke leads a company that has turned two small, defunct Mexican silver mines into large and profitable operations in just eight years.


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