Dia Bras to cut travel costs with new Bolivar mill
Dia Bras Exploration (DIB-V) will temporarily stop a pilot mining program in the Cusi silver mining district near C…
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Pan American ramping up 2009 silver production
Vancouver – Despite cutting its workforce by about 500 employees, reigning in expenditures on exploration and…
Anatolia arranges US$62.5M loan
Vancouver – UniCredit Group, a major European bank, approved a US$62.5 million debt facility for Anatolia Min…
Spectacular drill results for Colossus at Serra Pelada
Drilling at the site of Brazil’s epic 1980s gold rush at Serra Pelada is yielding spectacular results for joi…
Silver Eagle Suspends Mining At Miguel Auza
The Mexican government has given its stamp of approval to an agreement Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T, SVEGF-O) has reached with its union to temporarily shut down the company’s Miguel Auza mine in Zacatec…
Silvercorp Gains On TLP-LM Prefeasibility
VANCOUVER — China’s largest primary- silver producer, Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O), now has a five-year mine plan for its recently acquired and already operating TLP-LM silver-lead project. It …
Ruddock Creek results encourage Selkirk Metals
Underground drilling in the E zone at the Ruddock Creek property, 100 km northwest of Revelstoke in southeastern Br…
SouthGobi sells metal properties to Ivanhoe
Vancouver – For $3 million Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is buying all the metal assets of its 79% owned spin-off So…
Apex to come off the board
In all likelihood Apex Silver Mines (SIL-X) will soon be off the big board and its ability to carry on as a going-c…
Commodity prices to bottom in 2009: banks
While TD Bank sees the commodities market starting to rebound in the second half of 2009, followed by more pronounc…
Fronteer expects Long Canyon resource in Q1 ’09
Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T) has released some strong gold grades from recent drilling on its 51%-owned Long …
Alexco rises on Silver Wheaton payment
Vancouver – Alexco Resource (AXR-T) received its first US$15-million payment from Silver Wheaton (SLW-T) and on the news got a nice share price lift from investors who know that, in markets…