Westridge: On the trail for Mexican gold at Charay
Westridge Resources’ (WST-V) Charay gold-silver property is an easy drive along a modern freeway, lined with sleepy agricultural land, 30 km northeast of Los Mochis here in northwestern Mexico.
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Sandstorm Gold a rising star in commodity-stream financing
Sandstorm Gold (SSL-V) is not an exploration or operational mining outfit. The company is not interested in spending equity capital on surface exploration, drill programs or environmental-impact studies. Instead, Sandstorm took the idea of…
Fortuna sees a reversal of fortunes
Vancouver — Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T, FSM-N) is the latest company to get hammered for cost escalations after missing 2011 projections and forecasting higher costs for 2012.
Inmet keeps wary eye on smouldering Panama policy debate
Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) is on the periphery of a pitched battle between Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and indigenous groups protesting the government’s aggressive resource-expansion policies.
Majescor on track in Haiti
The landslide election of Michel Martelly as president of Haiti last year is already bringing positive results to the impoverished Caribbean nation, Daniel Hachey, president and chief executive of Majescor Resources (MJX-V), believes.
FDG keeps exploring Topacio in Nicaragua
FDG Mining (FDG-V) is proving up resources at the past-producing Topacio gold-silver concession in central-eastern Nicaragua with an ongoing, two-phase drill program.
Tahoe looks for milestones at Escobal
Controlling one of the world’s richest silver deposits, Tahoe Resources (THO-T) is looking towards another year of milestones as it works to put its Escobal project in Guatemala into production.
Cinco de Mayo doesn’t disappoint for MAG Silver
Drill results from Cinco de Mayo, 190 km north of the city of Chihuahua in Mexico, indicate continuous mineralization over a 400-metre dip length with mineralization remaining open down dip and along strike, MAG Silver (MAG-T, MVG-X) reports.
Land deal paves the way for Torex
Torex Gold Resources’ (TXG-T) work on the community relations side of the mining business is bearing fruit.
Nicaragua the key to B2Gold’s success
While many companies aspire to build themselves into the next mid-tier gold producer few are successful at actually doing it.
Inmet keeps wary eye on smouldering Panama policy debate
Vancouver — Toronto-based Inmet Mining (IMN-T) is on the periphery of a pitched battle between Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and indigenous groups protesting the regimes aggressive resource expansion policies.
FDG keeps drilling Topacio
FDG Mining (FDG-V) is working to prove up resources at the past-producing Topacio gold concession in central eastern Nicaragua, with an ongoing two-phase drill program.