Aurcana boosts Maravillas deposit resource by 47%
Vancouver-based junior Aurcana Corp. (AUN-V) has expanded the resource estimate at its Maravillas deposit in M…
Mexico and Central America
Pan American Silver reports record financial results
It certainly wasn’t the case for a lot of mining companies, but 2009 proved to be a dazzling year for Pan Amer…
Capital Gold and Nayarit to merge
Vancouver – Capital Gold (CGC-T) and Nayarit Gold (NYG-T) have agreed on an all-share merger deal to create a …
Gleichen beefs up Mexican presence
Gleichen Resources (GRL-V) likes what it sees at the Morelos gold project and Mexico, and now it is set to tak…
Nayarit proves positive economics at Orion
Vancouver – Junior player Nayarit Gold (NYG-V) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its An…
Fortuna hits high grade at Caylloma and raises $30 million to build San Jose
Vancouver – With the discovery of high grade gold-silver segment of the main vein at the Caylloma mine, rece…
Fortuna boasts 1.7 million oz. silver at Caylloma
Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T) nearly doubled silver production at its Caylloma mine in Peru in 2009 and is fore…
Boleo deposit economic, Baja Mining confirms
After completing a definitive feasibility study in 2007, Baja Mining (BAJ-T) has just released an updated capi…
Goldcorp Battles Penmont For Canplats
VANCOUVER– Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and Minera Penmont have proven themselves worthy adversaries in a bidding war for Canplats Resources (CPQ-V) and its gold-silver-lead-zinc project in Mexico: the origi…
Big Paydays For Canplats, Corriente
In what may be a sign of a lively year ahead, the last trading week of 2009 was dominated by cash-rich bids for two Canadian juniors with advanced projects in Latin America.
MAG Silver finds new gold zone
MAG Silver (MAG-T, MVG-X) has added 400 metres of strike length to the Pozo Seco moly-gold zone at its Cinco d…
B2Gold’s Orosi mine in Nicaragua starts production
Vancouver-based gold producer B2Gold (BTO-T) has poured the first dore bar from its Orosi open-pit mine in Nic…