New royalties rattle Gabriel investors
Investors in Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) were hit by post-holiday blues after the Romanian government announced that it would be doubling royalties on gold production in the country.
Silver
Haywood honcho Tognetti spends $2.4M on more Mirasol shares
Argentina-focused silver explorer Mirasol Resources (MRZ-V) has received a welcome show of support from its largest shareholder, John Tognetti, who bought $2.4-million worth of shares and warrants as part of a $13.2-million private placement in…
Hecla closes Lucky Friday for one year
Mining analyst Chris Lichtenheldt of UBS Investment Research has cut his 12-month target price on Hecla Mining (HL-N) to US$8.00 per share from his earlier forecast of $9.85 per share after the silver producer announced it has closed its Lucky…
Victoria hits silver near its Yukon gold project
Vancouver – Victoria Gold (VIT-V) has hit several silver intercepts in its first drill program on the Rex-Peso target near its flagship Eagle Gold deposit in the Yukon.
Woulfe starts outlining Muguk’s charm
Woulfe Mining, (wof-v) pleased with an initial resource at the Muguk gold-silver project in South Korea, has started a scoping study at the past-producing mine.
Int’l Minerals to have 4 gold-silver projects at feasibility stage in 2012
International Minerals (IMZ-T) has completed a positive feasibility study for its 40% owned Inmaculada underground gold-silver project in southern Peru, where it anticipates annual gold and silver production totalling 194,000 oz….
Silvercorp’s Ying getting back its zing
Even after a KPMG forensic report cleared Vancouver-based Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVM-N) of all anonymous allegations of accounting fraud in October, the largest primary silver producer in China has retained two independent consulting firms -…
South American Silver sizes up Escalones
South American Silver (SAC-T) has released a first resource estimate on its wholly owned Escalones copper-gold-silver project in Central Chile.
Trevali opens the Halfmile mine
Trevali Mining (tv-t) has kicked off the New Year by transitioning from a development-stage company to a producer by starting up the Halfmile polymetallic massive sulphide project near Bathurst, N.B.
Brixton cuts mega-intercept in BC
Vancouver – Brixton Metals (BBB-V) has pulled a whopper of an intercept from the Thorn project in northwest British Columbia, hitting 95 metres grading 904 grams per tonne silver equivalent from near surface.
Independence Gold advances 19 properties in B.C., Yukon
With $15 million in the till, newly listed Independence Gold (IGO-V) is looking to recreate past success in British Columbia and the Yukon searching for gold and silver. The company was spun out of Randy Turner’s former Silver Quest Resources…
Silvercorp to update resources and reserves
Even after a KPMG forensic report in October cleared Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVM-N) of anonymous allegations of accounting fraud, China’s largest primary silver producer has announced that it has retained two independent consulting firms (AMC…