Pan American signs $2.1B deal to buy MAG Silver
Pan American Silver (TSX, NYSE: PAAS) agreed to buy MAG Silver (TSX, NYSE: MAG) for about $2.1 billion in cash and stock to gain a stake in Mexico’s large-scale Juanicipio…
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RANKED: Top 10 longest-life precious metals mines under construction
Precious metals, long treasured for their lustre, beauty, stability and value, have diverse applications ranging from industrial and automotive to jewelry and investing. Demand for key precious metals, encompassing gold,…
TSX down, Oct. 25-29 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 179.10 points or 0.84% to finish the October 25-29 trading week at 21,037.10. The Global Mining Index dropped 3.06 points or 3.07% to 96.58 and…
President of Mexico says ‘no new mining concessions’
Global mining companies operating in Mexico are working with the country’s mining chamber, Camimex, to determine the impact of Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s statement earlier this month that…
Top-10, Canada-based precious metals developers
Canadian gold and silver juniors are leading project advancement at home and abroad, as precious metals exploration and development enjoy boom times again. The following are the top-10, Canadian-headquartered precious…
Site visit: Minaurum shows size potential at Alamos
ALAMOS, MEXICO — Thanks to a late rain, it’s unusually green on the Sierra de Alamos as we drive onto Minaurum Gold’s (TSXV: MGG; US-OTC: MMRGF) Alamos silver property in…
Group Eleven advances on three fronts in Ireland
Ireland hosts two prospective horizons for zinc-lead mineralization: the Waulsortian limestone zone, and the deeper Pale Beds, also known as the Navan Beds. Group Eleven Resources (TSXV: ZNG) hosted a…
MAG Silver extends underground infrastructure at Juanicipio
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Development is well underway at MAG Silver’s (TSX: MAG; NYSE-AM: MAG) 44%-owned underground Juanicipio silver mine in the Fresnillo district of Zacatecas, Mexico, where it aims…
Canada’s top-10 precious metal juniors
The Northern Miner has pulled together the top-10 precious metal juniors (with no production and excluding royalty companies) that are headquartered in Canada, arranged by market capitalization as of the…
MAG Silver’s low-risk Juanicipio gets wider at depth
George Paspalas has spent the last 30 years building and operating complex open-pit and underground mines in South Africa, Tanzania, Australia, South America and Canada for the likes of Placer…
Cyprium starts trial mining at Potosi
Cyprium Mining (TSXV: CUG) has begun small-scale mining at the past-producing underground Potosi silver-lead-zinc mine in northern Mexico, with plans to increase throughput. Potosi is in Chihuahua’s historic Santa Eulalia…
MAG Silver, Fresnillo strengthen Juanicipio’s potential
VANCOUVER — MAG Silver (TSX: MAG; NYSE-MKT: MVG) and 56% joint-venture partner Fresnillo (LSE: FRES; US-OTC: FNLPF), have intersected wide intervals of high-grade silver mineralization beneath the existing resource at their Juanicipio…