Mexico and Central America


Simon Houlding (middle) accepts the 2015 Vale Medal for Meritorious Contributions to Mining from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum in May. Credit: EduMine

EduMine’s Simon Houlding wins Vale medal

Growing up in Zimbabwe after World War II, completing an engineering degree at the University of Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, and working at Jones & Wagener, a specialist firm of consulting engineers and scientists based in South Africa,…


Workers at Torex Gold's core shack at the El Limon Guajes project in Mexico. Credit: Torex Gold

Kidnappings highlight miners’ security risks

In the first four months of this year alone, kidnapping incidents have touched Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TGX; US-OTC: TORXF) and Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) in Mexico’s Guerrero state, and Pan African Minerals’ Tambao manganese…


U.S. stocks end mixed, May 18-22

Wall Street closed mixed ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, as the Federal Reserve said it would likely raise interest rates this year, if the economy continued to improve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.2% to 18,232.02, while the…


First Quantum Minerals' Cobre Panama copper project in Panama, 120 km west of Panama city. Credit: First Quantum Minerals

First Quantum unveils US$1.4B equity raise

First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; US-OTC: FQVLF) plans to raise US$1.4 billion through a public offering — increasing the company’s outstanding shares to 689 million.




A mill at Endeavour Silver's El Cubo silver mine in Guanajuato, Mexico. Credit: Endeavour Silver

Endeavour Silver back in black in Q1

Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) has swung back into profit after a disappointing fourth quarter, due to lower costs at all three of its silver-gold underground mines in Mexico.


A portal at MAG Silver and Fresnillo's Juanicipo silver project in central Mexico. Credit: MAG Silver

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…


U.S. stocks drop, April 27-May 1

U.S. equities fell  after being tripped up by  soft economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 56.08 points to 18,024.06, and the S&P 500 Index slipped 9.4 points to 2,108.29. The Nasdaq retreated 86.69 points to…


Capstone Mining's  Minto mine in the Yukon.  Photo by Gwen Preston.

Capstone ends Q1 in the red

Copper producer Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) widens its loss in the first quarter of 2015 due to impairments at the Pinto Valley mine in Arizona and the Minto mine in the Yukon.  



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