Avino inches closer to production
Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM-V, ASM-X) has a long history at the Avino mine in Mexico’s Sierra Madres, but its most recent deal gets it closer to fulfilling its promise of coming full circle at the property.
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El Nino Ventures posts new resource in New Brunswick
An initial resource estimate for the Murray Brook polymetallic massive sulphide deposit in the Bathurst mining camp of New Brunswick has confirmed the property’s historical resource but with better grades and confirms that the deposit is…
Batero drops 50% on resource estimate
Shares of Batero Gold (BAT-V) took a deadly plunge after disappointing the market with its initial resource estimate at the Batero-Quinchia project in Risaralda, Colombia.
MAX hopes to find ‘silver lining’ in Majuba Hill
MAX Resource (MXR-V) continues to search for a copper-silver porphyry system at its Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nev. Assays were released in early February from a second quarter 2011 drill campaign at the property.
Corvus shares surge 50% on Nevada gold
Corvus Gold (KOR-T) has started the year with a bang. Positive assay results from its North Bullfrog gold-silver project outside of Beatty, Nev., combined with a sunny outlook for gold juniors, helped push the company’s share up 50% since…
Yamana ups yearly profits by 17%
Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) reported a US$89.5-million profit for the fourth quarter of 2011, a 28% decrease from the same period a year ago, thanks to a one-time US$81-million impairment loss on investments.
Here comes the sun for Rainy River
An updated resource estimate based on 394 new core holes or 170,000 metres of drilling last year—bringing the total to 1,279 drill holes or 578,261 metres—has boosted in-pit and underground resources for Rainy River Resources…
New Brunswick: top spot for mining
The international mining industry has ranked New Brunswick as the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for exploration and development, unseating last year’s winner Alberta which fell to third place behind Finland, according to the…
Pretium sketches a larger mine at Brucejack
Pretium Resources’ (PVG-T, PVG-N) updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Brucejack gold-silver project in northern British Columbia outlines a larger and more robust mine.
SilverCrest boosts Santa Elena production and La Joya resource estimate
Vancouver — SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) is on a roll as rising production at its Santa Elena silver-gold Mine in Sonora, Mexico, and a 424% increase in silver-equivalent inferred resources has seen shares jump 33% to a $2.55 high over the…
Eagles, Buffalos and America the Beautiful: Investing in US coins
From gold- or silver-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to high-risk junior exploration plays, options, futures, coins, bars or shares in senior mining companies, the modern investor has no shortage of ways to invest in precious metals.
Positive prefeasibility for Silvercorp
AMC Mining Consultants has given the thumbs-up to Silvercorp Metals’ (SVM-T, SVM-N) Gaocheng silver-lead-zinc project in southern China in a prefeasibility study that outlines a $73.7 million net present value at an 8% discount rate, a…