Manitoba brings copper for HudBay, VMS
HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBM-N) and VMS Ventures (VMS-V) have a high-grade copper project on their hands right in the safe confines of Manitoba.
Silver
Soltoro shines on bonanza-grade silver assays
Drill results from the previously untested Soledad structure on Soltoro’s (SOL-V) El Rayo silver project in Mexico have revealed high-grade silver over significant widths in a near-surface ore shoot. Assays from the newly defined zone include…
Extorre hits new high-grade zone at Cerro Morro
Vancouver – A new high-grade discovery at Extorre Gold Mines’ (XG-T, XG-X) Cerro Morro project in southern Argentina has propelled its share price to an all-time high.
Wildcat finds more silver in Arizona (April 19, 2011)
Highlights from step-out and infill drilling at Wildcat Silver’s (WS-V) Hermosa project in Arizona include 26 metres of 346.52 grams silver per tonne, 12.24% manganese, 3.16% zinc, 4.22% lead and 0.30% copper in hole HDS-117, the company…
Greystar shuffles management to appease unhappy investors
Vancouver – After being forced back to the drawing board last month in the face of major environmental opposition to its proposed heap-leach open-pit Angostura gold mine in Colombia, Vancouver-based Greystar Resources (gsl-t, gsl-l) has agreed…
NSGold enters Mexico property deal
Vancouver – Launching only last autumn as a Nova Scotia-focused gold play, NSGold (NSX-V) has now entered into a definitive option agreement for 100% of the Dios Padre silver property in Mexico’s Sonora State.
French Green Party meddles with Rockgate’s uranium exploration plans
Vancouver – Along with many other uranium explorers or producers these days, Mali-focused explorer Rockgate Capital (RGT-T) remains valued at roughly half the level it traded at before the March 11 earthquake in Japan and the resulting crisis…
Fortuna Silver increases reserves, earnings
Vancouver – Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T) has added significant tonnage to its overall resource holdings with extensive exploration planned for the year ahead.
Silver Wheaton boosts reserves 9% (April 11, 2011)
The timing of Silver Wheaton’s (SLW-T, SLW-N) announcement on March 23 that it had boosted attributable reserves more than 9% in 2010 couldn’t have been better, as silver hit a fresh 31-year peak in futures markets on that day, with silver…
Malbex climbs as new zone is defined
All it took was the results from one drill hole and Malbex Resources’ (MBG-V) shares started running in the right direction.
Oyu Tolgoi to produce 3M oz. silver a year
With silver prices cruising to new heights, investor interest in the sizable Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia has “prompted” Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) to “more widely circulate the projections for silver production that have…
Northair expands drill program after Mexican silver hits
International Northair Mines (INM-V) is exp-anding a drill program at its La Cigarra silver project in north-central Mexico by 3,000 metres after intersecting 80 metres of 123.5 grams silver per tonne in February. The program will target a 3-km…