SSR Mining takes strategic stake in SilverCrest Metals
SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM) is investing $31 million for a 9.9% stake in SilverCrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; NYSE-AM: SILV) and its Las Chispas project in Sonora, Mexico. SilverCrest…
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Arbitration court awards South American Silver US$28M for Bolivian concession
The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration has awarded South American Silver US$18.7 million for amounts invested and another US$9 million in interest for its Malku Khota concession, which the Bolivian…
Mirasol explores in Argentina, Chile
Mirasol Resources (TSXV: MRZ; US-OTC: MRZLF) is about to do something it doesn’t do often: drill one of its own projects. The Argentina- and Chile-focused precious metals project generator is…
Maverix Metals raises guidance for 2018
Precious metals streaming and royalty company Maverix Metals (TSXV: MMX) forecasts it will exceed its previously announced guidance for the year of 18,000 to 19,000 gold-equivalent ounces. In the third…
IDM expands Red Mountain program with third drill
IDM Mining (TSXV: IDM; US-OTC: IDMMF) has added a third underground drill at its Red Mountain underground gold-silver project, east of Stewart, British Columbia. The company has increased its drill…
Bunker Hill reinstates lease for historic mine
A month after defaulting on US$400,000 in lease payments for the past-producing Bunker Hill zinc-lead-silver mine property and Superfund site in the Silver Valley of Idaho, Bunker Hill Mining (CSE:…
Golden Reign and Marlin Gold merge into Mako Mining
Golden Reign Resources (TSXV: GRR; US-OTC: GRGNF) and Marlin Gold Mining (TSXV: MLN; US-OTC: MLNZF) have merged to form Mako Mining, which will begin trading on the TSX Venture Exchange,…
Strikepoint looks to bridge mineralization between historic BC mines
The retreating Cambria Icefield in northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle region has opened up an exploration corridor on Strikepoint Gold’s (TSXV: SKP; US-OTC: STKXF) recently acquired Porter-Idaho silver project. The project…
Fortuna’s Lindero on track for production in Q3 2019
Construction is accelerating at Fortuna Silver Mines’ (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) Lindero project in northern Argentina, and commercial production is planned to start by September 2019, the company says. “The…
Permitting delayed at Black Butte in Montana
Permitting at Sandfire Resources America’s (TSXV: SFR; US-OTC: SRAFF) Black Butte copper project in Montana has been delayed by a new statewide standard for nitrogen during the growing season. The…
Torex sets record gold and mine production in Q3
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG; US-OTC: TORXF) set a new record for gold production in 2018’s third quarter. The company produced 100,346 oz. gold in doré plus 1,135 additional oz. gold…
Kutcho Copper extends mineralization at Main deposit
Resource and expansion drilling at the Kutcho copper-zinc project in B.C. has extended mineralization down dip of its Main deposit, reports Kutcho Copper (TSXV: KC; US-OTC: KCCFF). The high-grade copper-zinc-gold-silver…