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A ball mill at Endeavour Silver's Bolanitos silver mine in Guanajuato state, Mexico. Source: Endeavour Silver

Endeavour reports record earnings, output

VANCOUVER — A day after announcing record earnings in 2012, Endeavour Silver (EXK-N) inked a deal to sell bonus concentrate from its overachieving Bolanitos silver-gold mine to local Mexican smelters, in a move that positions the producer…


Gold is poured at Crocodile Gold's Union Reefs mill in Australia's Northern Territory, 185 km southeast of Darwin. Source: Crocodile Gold

Crocodile uses debt to fund growth in Oz

Australia-focused Crocodile Gold (CRK-T) is looking to fund development through debt. The company is issuing $30 million in convertible debt that would pay interest at a 5% rate.


Mercator Minerals' Mineral Park copper-molybdenum mine in northwestern Arizona. Source: Mercator Minerals

Mercator eyes better days ahead

Mercator Minerals (ML-T) had a difficult year in 2012, but one that ended with improved operations and a stronger balance sheet, despite taking a US$119.8-million writedown on its El Creston molybdenum-copper project in Mexico’s Sonora…


Hope Bay springs eternal for TMAC

VANCOUVER — In a few short months, privately held TMAC Resources has acquired a large gold project in northernmost Canada, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Inuit association that owns the project lands, added $35…


Tintina grows Black Butte’s copper

VANCOUVER — With an upgraded resource estimate for a second deposit at its Black Butte project in Montana now in hand, Tintina Resources (TAU-V) is ready to revamp the project’s recent economic assessment while it awaits permission…


Copper Mountain contemplates secondary crusher

Despite several mill maintenance shutdowns last year and variable ore hardness and fragmentation entering the semi-autogenous grinding mill from different open-pit locations, Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) posted a gross profit of $38.2 million…



The landscape at Silver Bull Resources' Sierra Mojada silver project in Coahuila, Mexico. Source: Silver Bull Resources

Silver Bull doubles Sierra Mojada silver count

VANCOUVER — Eight months, 16,700 metres of drilling and 400 channel samples later, Silver Bull Resources (SVB-T) has doubled the silver resource at its Sierra Mojada project in Coahuila, Mexico.


Labrador Iron Mines to get $30M from Tata subsidiary

Labrador Iron Mines (LIM-T) is expecting to receive $30 million from a subsidiary of India’s Tata Steel, as part of an alliance it recently entered to create cost synergies in the Labrador Trough region, where the two companies operate…


Argonaut’s commitment to cost control drives success

VANCOUVER — As many gold producers are plagued by rising operating costs and shrinking profit margins, Reno-based producer Argonaut Gold (AR-T) has proven to be an exception to the norm. Though the company boosted year-on-year gold…


Century Iron Mines lays out two mine plans

VANCOUVER – Century Iron Mines (FER-T) has a portfolio full of projects, a fair pile of cash, backing from not one but two Chinese partners, and a plan to become a mid-sized iron ore producer within the next few years.



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