First Majestic grows La Encantada reserves by 187%
Vancouver – A 6,700-metre drill program at the La Encantada mine in the northeastern Mexican state of Co…
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Intrepid Hits Lengthy Gold Intervals In Indonesia
Vancouver — Recent drilling at Zone A of the Tumpangpitu prospect delivered Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-a) its best oxide drill results to date from the Tujuh Bukit property, near the eastern tip of J…
Golden Predator Mines to spin-out gold assets
Golden Predator Mines (GP-T) is going to separate its gold and silver assets from its base metal assets in a spin-o…
Silvercorp gains on TLP-LM prefeasibility study
Vancouver – China’s largest primary-silver producer, Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O), now has a five-year …
Feasibility’s in; Marathon PGM seeks financing
Now that Marathon PGM (MAR-T) has completed a feasibility study for its platinum group metal-copper project, the co…
Clock starts ticking for Geologix
For Geologix Explorations (GIX-T) the clock has begun to tick.
Silver Eagle gets approval to shut Miguel Auza mine
The Mexican government has given its stamp of approval to an agreement Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T) has reached with …
Capoose On Track For Silver Quest
Vancouver — As part of its efforts to update a historical resource estimate, Silver Quest Resources (SQI-V, SQIFF-O) has confirmed silver and gold mineralization at its Capoose property, 185 km south…
Fresnillo Moves On MAG Silver
In what executives at MAG Silver (MAG-T, MVG-X) are calling a “take-under” bid, a subsidiary of Fresnillo (FNLPF-O, FRES-L) is offering US$4.54 per share in cash for all of MAG’s outstanding shares. M…
Apogee’s La Solucion Mine Goes Under
Declining metal prices and lower grades combined with higher smelting costs and taxes have forced Apogee Minerals (APE-V, AGEEF-O) to close its La Solucion silver- zinc-lead mine north of La Paz in Bo…
Editorial: Nickel Cuts Hit Home
The steep fall in nickel prices since July finally translated into production cuts by the majors in Canada’s nickel camps during the week ended Dec. 6, the 49th trading week of 2008.
Canplats Proves Up Camino Rojo Resource
Vancouver — A year after geologists traced red-stained road fill back to the quarry it came from and staked the Camino Rojo or “Red Road” project in Mexico, Canplats Resources( CPQ-V, CPQRF-O) has ca…