Hecla nearly doubles exploration budget
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL), the largest silver producer in the U.S. and Canada, plans to almost double investments this year on exploration and pre-development activities. The stock surged. Idaho-based Hecla…
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Roundup Video: Brixton drills Langis silver project in Ontario, preps Thorn return
Brixton Metals (TSX-V: BBB; US-OTC: BBBXF) is drilling its Langis silver project in Ontario this winter and plans to restart rigs at its Thorn copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia…
Battered Vizsla keeps ‘long-term’ commitment to Mexico silver-gold mine
Vizsla Silver (TSX; NYSE: VZLA) said it remains determined to develop the Panuco silver-gold project in Mexico’s strife-torn Sinaloa state even after an armed group kidnapped 10 company workers, killing…
Ascot rebrands under new CEO to restart troubled Premier gold mine in BC
Ascot Resources (TSXV: AOT.H) plans to rebrand in a fresh start under new leadership to advance two projects in British Columbia including what was once the continent’s biggest gold mine. …
Roundup Video: Banyan readies AurMac resource update
Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN; US-OTC: BYAGF) is advancing its AurMac gold project in Yukon as a conventional milling story and pointing drills at silver upside, president and CEO Tara Christie…
US Antimony, Americas Gold to jointly build Idaho plant
United States Antimony (NYSE-A: UAMY) and Americas Gold and Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-A: USAS) are joining forces to build a hydromet processing plant in Idaho that they see anchoring a…
Roundup Video: Sixty North targets midyear gold with Mon mine restart
Sixty North Gold Mining (CSE: SXTY; US-OTC: SXNTF) plans to restart the past-producing Mon gold mine in the Northwest Territories by midyear after installing a 100-tonne-per-day mill at the site,…
JV Video: Troilus targets spring finance decision
Lenders have increased the proposed debt facility for the Troilus Mining (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) gold-copper project in Quebec up to $1 billion (C$1.35 billion) from $700 million as the…
Kidnappers kill Vizsla mine workers in Mexico
Some Vizsla Silver (TSX, NYSE: VZLA) workers who were abducted last month in west-central Mexico have been killed, the company said. The stock plunged. Vizsla said Monday it’s been informed…
Surprise grades expand Collective’s Apollo in Colombia
Step-out drilling by Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) at its Guayabales project in Colombia has uncovered gold grades up to 40% higher than modelled as well as notable tungsten and…
JV Video: Minaurum’s Alamos lands 55M-oz resource
Minaurum Silver’s (TSXV: MGG; US-OTC: MMRGF) maiden inferred resource of about 35 million oz. silver at its Alamos project in Mexico’s Sonora state, published late last month, gives the junior…
Heliostar pours first gold from San Agustin mine
Mexico-focused miner Heliostar Metals (TSX-V: HSTR) says it has poured first gold from the recently restarted San Agustin mine in Durango state. The open-pit mine officially becomes Heliostar’s second producing…