Golden Minerals pours first gold at Rodeo in Mexico
Golden Minerals (TSX: AUMN; NYSE-AM: AUMN) has poured first gold (150 gold-equivalent ounces) from its Rodeo open pit mine in Mexico’s Durango state. Mining at Rodeo kicked off in mid-January…
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Adriatic Metals receives exploitation permit for Veovaca
Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1; ASX: ADT) has received an exploitation permit for its Veovaca project near Vares in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 50 km north of the capital, Sarajevo. The permit, issued by the…
Turmalina Metals advances breccia projects in Argentina and Peru
San Francisco de Los Andes is one breccia pipe in a cluster of 67 that Turmalina Metals (TSXV: TBX; US-OTC: TBXXF) has mapped at its San Francisco project in Argentina’s…
Eloro stock surges on high-grade drill results from Bolivia
Eloro Resources (TSXV: ELO) reported additional results from its diamond drilling program at the Iska Iska silver-polymetallic project in southern Bolivia. The new drill results are from 10 additional holes…
US markets up, Jan. 18-22
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% to finish the week at 30,996.98 and the S&P 500 climbed 0.02% to 3,841.47. Spot gold jumped US$26.90 per oz., or 1.47%, to…
TSX up, Jan. 18-22
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.35% to 17,845.91 during the Jan. 18-22 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1% to 105.65, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
Whitehorse Gold advances Skukum project in the Yukon
For a junior exploration company that started trading on the TSX Venture Exchange in late November 2020, Whitehorse Gold (TSXV: WHG) has made significant progress at its 100%-owned Skukum gold project in…
Gold Fields begins construction of Chilean project
South African miner Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) has formally begun construction of the mining infrastructure for its Salares Norte project in northern Chile. The company expects to complete the US$860 million project in late 2022, with…
Remote Roundup looks at commodities and financial markets
Wrapping up the second day of the Association for Mineral Exploration’s (AME) Remote Roundup 2021 was a virtual session that brought together a group of industry experts who provided their…
Gatos Silver puts Mexican mine into production and then lists on TSX/NYSE
It’s unusual for a privately held company to put a mine into production before it becomes a publicly listed company. “It’s incredibly rare – by and large it’s virtually impossible…
Alexco drills high silver grades below Bermingham deposit at Keno Hill
As Alexco Resource (TSX: AXU.TO; NYSE-AM: AXU) is starting up its Keno Hill silver mine in the Yukon, the company has reported drill results from its surface exploration program focused…
Pan American expects increased silver and gold output in 2021
Americas-focused precious metals producer Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) has reported its 2020 production results and provided guidance for 2021. Last year’s silver and gold output – at…