Quebec pension fund boosts position in Osisko Metals
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has acquired an additional 1 million shares in Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF), which is developing two zinc mining camps…
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Aztec says Cervantes a district-scale property after survey
Aztec Minerals (TSXV: AZT; US-OTC: AZZTF) recently flew a magnetic and radiometric survey over its Cervantes copper-gold project in Sonora, Mexico, that identified 11 porphyry targets. Follow-up work by the…
BHP invests in Midland Exploration
BHP (NYSE: BHP) is investing in Midland Exploration (TSXV: MD) to support the junior’s copper exploration in northern Quebec, including its Mythril copper-gold-molybdenum-silver project in James Bay Eeyou Istchee. BHP…
Miramont confirms mineralized system at Cerro Hermoso in Peru
Miramont Resources (CSE: MONT; US-OTC: MRRMF) cut significant mineralization during a 3,600-metre drill program at its Cerro Hermoso polymetallic project in Peru. The company tested Cerro Hermoso’s Central Breccia zone,…
TSX Venture posts marginal gain, April 1-5: Cantex, Filo, Ximen
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 0.47% to 629.81. Cantex Mine Development — whose chairman is Charles Fipke — posted the biggest gain, rising 94¢ to $3.43. The company announced…
Osisko Metals finds more high-grade zinc at Pine Point
Results from 34 holes drilled at Osisko Metal’s (TSXV: OM) Pine Point camp, on the south shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, intersected near surface, high-grade zinc…
Sable expands Margarita silver project with best intercept to date
Sable Resources (TSXV: SAE; US-OTC: SBLRF) has extended the mineralized corridor at its Margarita silver project in Chihuahua State, Mexico, 350 metres to the northwest with results from its ongoing…
Boreal pursues new VMS zone at Gumsberg in Sweden
Just a few months after finishing a nine-hole, 1,600-metre drill program at its Gumsberg zinc-silver-lead project in Sweden, Boreal Metals (TSXV: BMX) has begun drilling the project again. The campaign,…
Alexco tables PFS for Keno Hills in Yukon
Alexco Resource has tabled a prefeasibility study (PFS) for its wholly owned Keno Hills silver project, in Yukon, that assigns the project a $101.3-million after-tax net present value at a…
Fortuna Silver backs Medgold’s Tlamino project in Serbia
Medgold Resources (TSXV: MED; US-OTC: MGLDF) will drill 5,000 metres at its Tlamino gold project in southern Serbia in 2019, fully funded by Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI). Fortuna can…
Kinross takes 9.7% stake in Wolfden
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has acquired 12.5 million shares of Wolfden Resources (TSXV: WLF) at 20¢ each for $2.5 million, resulting in a 9.7% stake in the junior…
Toachi advances La Plata project in Ecuador
Toachi Mining (TSXV: TIM) is trenching its Guatuza gold-copper target at its La Plata volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Ecuador. It plans to drill Guatuza in the second half…