Bear Creek hopes to kick off work at $603M Peru silver project next year
Bear Creek Mining (TSXV: BCM) plans to start construction at its Corani silver property in Peru’s Puno region next year, as it continues looking for…
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Global Exploration Snapshot: West Africa and South America remain popular
Rising gold prices and better operational and financial discipline are motivating companies more than ever to seek new ounces to fill their production pipelines. Below…
Northern Andes Snapshot: Eight active juniors
The northern Andean countries of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are fertile ground for mineral explorers and mine developers, with their rich mineral bounty, underexplored terrain…
TSX Venture closes up sharply, Dec. 27-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 34.24 points, or 4.7%, to a 762.37-point close on strengthening gold prices. Spot gold prices rose US$14.2 per oz….
TSX Venture gains, June 27-30
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 19.65 points, or 2.8%, to a 730.44-point close, on the back of rising commodity prices. Doubts on whether the…
Commentary: Finding the hidden silver: Asset tracing and recovery in mining disputes
The eponymous hero of Joseph Conrad’s novel Nostromo is an “incorruptible” Italian entrusted by the English owner of a silver mine with safeguarding its riches. The setting is the fictional South American country of Costaguana, where all…
Better days await the junior sector, PwC reports
The worst of the current downturn may be over, PwC argues in its eighth annual Junior Mine Report in late October. Looking at the top-100 TSX Venture-listed juniors by market capitalization, PwC has found that while the junior sector is still…
Lukas Lundin talks diamonds
Lukas Lundin is bullish on diamonds. The famed mining mogul and chairman of Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) sees rising demand and a lack of new…
TSX Venture retreats for second week, Sept. 8-12
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite trended downward for a second straight week during the trading period, losing 6.96 points en route to a 987.93-point close. Commodity futures struggled during weekly trading, with the energy sector pressured by…
Bear Creek keeps Corani on track, reduces costs
As Bear Creek Mining (TSXV: BCM) works to produce an updated feasibility study for its flagship Corani silver–lead–zinc project in southern Peru by year-end, its efforts to reduce costs are already paying off.
Venture slides, June 23-27
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index ended the week down 3.4 points at 1,022.97. But the close kept the index within the higher range it has enjoyed since February, when it reattained the 1,000-point mark after trading below this level for…
TSX Venture finishes in the red, May 12-16
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index had a tough run during the week, losing 14.55 points before closing at a four-month low of 976.55. Markets pulled back after the U.S. Federal Reserve revealed that U.S. industrial production had…