Calibre makes progress in Nicaragua
By trish Saywell
Silver
Batero Gold targets CB Gold in friendly deal
Less than a month after rejecting a hostile takeover offer from Red Eagle Mining (TSXV: RD; US-OTC: RDEMF), CB Gold’s (TSXV: CBJ; US-OTC: CBHDF) board of directors is recommending to shareholders that they accept a takeover…
First Majestic looks to snatch SilverCrest
First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) is buying SilverCrest Mines (TSX: SVL) in a largely all-share, $154-million deal to bulk up its treasury and asset base.
Silver Institute: Demand perks up in first half 2015
The following is an edited version of a report by The Silver Institute. For more information please visit www.silverinstitute.org
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.
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.
Silver Wheaton circles the wagons against CRA challenge
VANCOUVER — The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has taken the first shot in what is likely to become a protracted legal battle with streaming outfit Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW), and the results could affect the…
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,…
Wall Street dips, June 29-July 2
U.S. equities fell ahead of the Independence Day weekend as Greece’s debt crisis continued. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both lost 1.2% to end at 17,730.11 and 2,076.78. The spot gold price slipped 0.6% to…
Canarc to acquire fully permitted project in Mexico
Catalin Chiloflischi joined Canarc Resource (TSX: CCM; US-OTC: CRCUF) as its CEO in January 2014, partly because he felt confident the junior could mirror the success in Mexico that its founder and chairman, Bradford Cooke, had achieved at…
Kaizen to buy Pinaya in Peru
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Silver Standard management talks success at Marigold
VANCOUVER — Silver Standard Resources (TSX: SSO; NASDAQ: SSRI) is off to a hot start at its Marigold gold mine in Humboldt County, Nev., along the northern reaches of the Battle Mountain–Eureka trend. The company has not…