Aura OKs Guatemala gold build with higher capex
Aura Minerals (Nasdaq: AUGO) is proceeding to build its Era Dorada project in Guatemala, marking an expansion into Central America, after increasing a capital cost forecast by as much as…
Bluestone Resources
Bluestone soars on open-pit OK for Guatemalan gold
Shares in Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR) doubled after Guatemala approved a plan to change the contentious Cerro Blanco gold project to an open-pit operation from underground as the company considers selling…
Ex-FBI leader advises Fenix nickel mine in Guatemala after US drops sanctions
A former FBI director is helping a billion-dollar nickel mine in Guatemala reopen after United States sanctions shut it for alleged Russian bribery. Louis Freeh, who ran the bureau from…
Bluestone CEO grapples with activism in Guatemala as new president brings change
Lundin-backed Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR) wants to advance its Cerro Blanco gold project under Guatemala’s incoming reform-minded president but it faces anti-mining activists who don’t play by the same rules….
Exploration doyen Simon Ridgway comes full circle in the Yukon with Rackla Metals
With renewed interest in the discovery potential of the eastern Yukon and the western Northwest Territories, accomplished mineral explorer and mining financier Simon Ridgway Rackla Metals (TSXV: RAK) CEO is…
Guatemala anti-mining referendum illegal, says Bluestone Resources
Canada’s Bluestone Resources (TSX-V: BSR) said the results of a referendum held during the weekend that would ban mining in the Asuncion Mita municipality of Guatemala, where it is looking…
Single asset Great Bear Royalties moves into the spotlight
Great Bear Royalties (TSXV: GBRR), which was spun out of Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBAF) in January 2020 and listed in April 2021, has “one of the top…
JV Article: Bluestone’s Cerro Blanco on course to be a multi-million ounce, low-cost gold mine
This past year has been a “challenging but exciting time” for Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC; BBSRF), says the company’s CEO Jack Lundin, as the Canadian junior progressed its Cerro Blanco gold…
Bluestone hits highest grade yet at Cerro Blanco in Guatemala
Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC: BBSRF) has reported the highest-grade gold assay to date at its wholly owned Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala, 160 km southeast of Guatemala City. As…
Maverix to acquire gold royalty portfolio from Newmont
Gold-focused royalty and streaming company Maverix Metals (TSX: MME; NYSE-AM: MMX) has entered into a binding agreement with Newmont to acquire a portfolio of 11 gold royalties on preproduction assets…
Bluestone secures US$30M, names Jack Lundin CEO
Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC: BBSRF) has entered into a US$30 million credit facility led by the French financial services firm Natixis. “We were very pleased to receive support from…
Bluestone hits more high-grade near Cerro Blanco in Guatemala
An infill drill program designed to upgrade inferred resources at Bluestone Resources‘ (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC: BBSRF) Cerro Blanco project in Guatemala has returned intercepts of 201.4 grams gold per tonne…