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An aerial view of First Majestic Silver's La Encantada silver mine in northern Mexico. Source: First Majestic Silver

First Majestic shares pop on second-quarter financials

VANCOUVER — Despite a steep drop in net income over the past three months, silver producer First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) continues to impress investors. The company’s stock jumped 9.3%, or $1.26 per share, following news…


A drill site at Corbiza Metals' Arikepay copper-gold porphyry project in Peru. Source: Cobriza Metals

Candente eyes Cobriza to boost opportunities

The whole appears greater than the sum of its parts for Candente Copper (TSX: DNT), which is acquiring Cobriza Metals (TSXV: CZA; US-OTC: CBZMF) — a company it spun out in late 2011 — to survive and hopefully thrive in a harsh…


NovaCopper's Arctic polymetallic project in northwest Alaska's Ambler mining district. Source: NovaCopper

NovaCopper defines open-pit mine in Alaska

NovaCopper (TSX: NCQ; NYSE-Arca: NCQ) — a junior explorer that NovaGold Resources (TSX: NG; NYSE-Arca: NG) spun out early last year to explore and develop its Upper Kobuk mineral projects in the Ambler mining district of northwestern…




Sabina keeps finding high-grade gold at Back River

Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB) is pulling strong grades from its Back River gold-silver project in Nunavut. The latest results come from the Umwelt and Llama deposits, two of the project’s four main deposits.


The mill at Bellekeno under construction in 2010 (now complete). Photo by Mike Burke.

Alexco plans potential shutdown at Bellekeno

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based producer Alexco Resources (TSX: AXR; NYSE: AXU) is struggling with declining margins at its wholly-owned Bellekeno underground silver mine in the central Yukon. A recent and steep drop in silver prices has…



The surface at Aurcana's Shafter silver mine in Presidio County, Texas, 375 km southeast of El Paso. Source: Aurcana

Aurcana shares pop on Red Kite loan proposal

VANCOUVER — Shareholders of Vancouver-based silver producer Aurcana (TSXV: AUN; US-OTC: AUNFF) received some good news at the end of June, as the company released details of a terms sheet from U.K.-based metal merchant RK Mine Finance…





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