Zinc-Lead




JDS Silver’s Silvertip silver-zinc-lead mine in northern British Columbia, 16 km south of the Yukon border. Credit: JDS Silver.

Coeur to acquire JDS’ Silvertip mine

VANCOUVER — Chicago-based Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) is coming to British Columbia pending a US$200-million cash-and-share deal for JDS Silver and the fledgling Silvertip silver-zinc-lead mine, 16 km south of the Yukon border. Coeur plans…





Xstrata Zinc officially closed the Brunswick zinc-lead mine just south of Bathurst in 2013 after 49 years of operation. Credit: Glencore Canada.

Osisko Metals explores Bathurst camp for base metals

VANCOUVER — Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: BWMXF) has assembled a large land package in New Brunswick’s historic Bathurst mining camp, where it intends to apply modern analytics to historical data….



Great Panther buys Nyrstar’s Coricancha

Junior silver miner Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE: GPL) has acquired Belgian smelting giant Nyrstar’s idled Coricancha gold-silver-lead-zinc-copper mine and mill complex, 90 km east of Lima, Peru. The…


Ascendant explores El Mochito’s upside

VANCOUVER — Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND) has delivered fresh exploration drill results at its El Mochito zinc-lead-silver mine, 88 km southwest of San Pedro Sula in northwest Honduras. The 32,000-metre…


Puma Exploration technician Yvan Ringuet at the Murray Brook VMS project in New Brunswick, 60 km west of Bathurst. Credit: Puma Exploration.

Puma beats staking rush in NB

Puma Exploration (TSXV: PUM) has been active in northern New Brunswick’s  Bathurst mining camp for more than a decade, but stepped up its involvement last year with agreements to acquire…


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