Mexico Snapshot: Eight juniors tapping into Mexico’s mineral potential
Despite patches of trouble in different regions of the country from time to time, Mexico remains one of the most favoured mining and exploration jurisdictions…
Volume 104 Number 17 September 3– 16, 2018
Metals commentary: Gold rebound could be in the making
The following is an edited excerpt from the World Gold Council’s latest Investment Update. To read the full report, visit www.gold.org. In August gold fell…
Site visit: Ascot looks to write Premier mine’s third chapter
STEWART, B.C. — The existing infrastructure of Ascot Resources’ (TSXV: AOT; US-OTC: AOTVF) past-producing Premier-Dilworth gold project in northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle region is one of…
Editorial: Kent, Munk shared debt regrets
At The Northern Miner, we like to think of ourselves as more than reporters of the latest news and commentaries about Canadian mining and mineral…
TSX Venture jumps higher, Aug. 20-24
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 5% to end the trading week at 711.37. Shares of Lithoquest Diamonds fell 67% to 16¢ per share after…
US Markets rise slightly, Aug. 20-24
U.S. markets swung upward, as gold gained 1.7% to end the trading week at US$1,205.30. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 2.6% to 67.68…
McEwen extends El Gallo 12 years with new PEA
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) has tabled a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) that extends the life of its El Gallo gold-silver complex in…
TSX ekes out small gain, Aug. 20-24
Markets ended the trading week in positive territory, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index climbing 0.20% to finish at 16,356.05. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose…
Sierra Metals executes turnaround plan
It’s not often that a mining company releases three preliminary economic assessments on three different mines in two months. But that’s what Sierra Metals (TSX:…
Blue Sky prepping for PEA at Ivana in Argentina
A few months after tabling a maiden resource for its Ivana urnaium deposit on its Amarillo Grande uranium project in Argentina’s Rio Negro province, Blue…
SilverCrest expands mineralization
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based SilverCrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; US-OTC: SVCMF) continues to churn out solid drill results from the third-phase exploration program at its Las Chispas gold-silver project,…
Torex bounces back after blockade in Guererro
Despite a blockade of its El Limon-Guajes gold mine complex in southwestern Mexico from November 2017 until early April 2018, Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG)…