Defiance Silver hits high grades at San Acacio
Defiance Silver (TSXV: DEF; US-OTC: DNCVF) is having drilling success at its past-producing San Acacio silver mine in Zacatecas, Mexico.
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Callinex Mines attracts Resource Capital Funds
Max Porterfield, president and CEO of Callinex Mines (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CLLXF) thinks he’s got the projects, the people and soon, some of the money, to have a decent shot at making the next meaningful discovery in…
Sugar Zone could be even sweeter, Harte Gold’s Roman says
Development is picking up speed at Harte Gold’s (TSX: HRT; US-OTC: HRTFF) Sugar Zone deposit, 60 km east of the Hemlo gold camp near Wawa, Ont., with a major financing, recent bulk sampling and toll-milling deals.
Editorial: Mitsubishi comes clean on WWII slave labour
Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials Corp. is showing corporate courage by formally apologizing for using American prisoners of war as forced labour at its mines and industrial complexes during World War II — the first Japanese company to…
Site visit: Taranis hopes to take Thor to the Max
REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Taranis Resources (TSXV: TRO; US-OTC: TNREF) is eyeing an option to buy 65% of FortyTwo Metals, a subsidiary of Roca Mines, in a move to secure the Max mill facility, 60 km southeast of Revelstoke, B.C.
Commentary: What’s the best way to value mineral exploration properties?
Sensible valuation of mineral properties has become more critical through the current low phase of the market cycle. Valuation of mineral properties at the exploration stage is an area where both valuators and users of valuations need to…
Tasman’s Norra Karr on top of Europe’s wish list
VANCOUVER — The global rare earth element supply crisis in 2010 served as a “wake-up call” to businesses and governments, and future supply “poses supply security concerns,” according to a recent study commissioned…
Stars to realign for Largo in Brazil
Largo Resources (TSXV: LGO; US-OTC: LGORF) is keeping its 2015 guidance at the Maracas Menchen vanadium mine in Bahia, Brazil, despite the slower-than-expected ramp up.
Capstone gets positive EIA, mulls new plan at Santo Domingo
With iron ore prices down by 31% in the last year, Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) is contemplating a different development plan for its 70%-owned Santo Domingo copper-iron project in Chile.
Aston CEO outlines potential at Storm copper project
Despite an uphill battle in raising funds, Aston Bay Holdings’ (TSXV: BAY) founder and CEO Benjamin Cox remains upbeat on the copper potential at the junior’s Aston Bay property in Somerset Island, Nunavut.
Silver Bear CEO Hill at home in Russia’s Far East
Over the course of his career, Graham Hill has worked in some remote and challenging locations.
TSX drops, July 6-10
Canada’s benchmark index tumbled 1.9% to 14,411.07 after a weak jobs report, the continuing debt crisis in Greece and a slump in China’s stock market. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 5.5% to 630.99,…