TNM Drill Down: Didipio drilling underlines depth potential
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from Aug. 11-18. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider Mining Intelligence….
Mexico and Central America
Surprise: mine spending grows in Mexico despite new law, Obrador’s populist tilt
What’s happening in Mexico? Corporate mining project investments soared this year in the world’s largest silver producer even as the government targeted companies in a tough new law a year…
Commentary: Like Frodo, we should embrace our enemy’s enemy
Professor J.R.R. Tolkien died 50 years ago, and we can learn from his hero in Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins, who made an expedient choice for his guide into…
Canadian Miners in Mexico Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
Its strong infrastructure, long mining heritage and prospective mineral belts draw explorers and miners from near and far. Here are eight companies with exploration, development and producing projects in the…
What’s driving gold miners’ copper craze?
Gold miners have never been more bullish. But not on gold — on copper. The red metal is one of the driving forces behind Newmont’s takeover of copper-rich fellow gold…
How Rainbow Rare Earths plans to bootstrap itself onto the global stage
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW) is making strides in the rare earths sector as its Phalaborwa project in South Africa underpins an aggressive international growth strategy. While pilot-scale production at…
Saudi firm to buy 10% stake in Vale’s energy metals business
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has inked a binding agreement with Manara Minerals, a joint venture between Saudi Arabia’s state-owned miner Ma’aden and the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund. In this deal, Manara…
TNM Drill Down: Heliostar Metals tops week’s assays at Ana Paula in Mexico
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from July 14-21. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider Mining…
Excellon Resources’ shares drop after failed bid to acquire La Negra silver mine
Excellon Resources’ (TSX: EXN; NYSE: EXN) shares plummeted following the news that its $50-million planned acquisition of the past-producing La Negra silver mine in Mexico, announced in January, has fallen…
First Majestic upbeat on drill results from Mexico mines, Jerritt Canyon in Nevada
First Majestic Silver (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) has delivered positive drilling results from its San Dimas and Santa Elena mines in Mexico and the Jerritt Canyon project in Nevada. In…
Heliostar stock rises after drilling 242 metres of 9 g/t gold at Ana Paula
Heliostar Metals (TSXV: HSTR) shares jumped by 25% on Tuesday following the release of drill results from its Ana Paula project in Mexico. The latest results featured two drill holes…
Calibre shares pop on series of Panteon VTEM Corridor discoveries
Calibre Mining’s (TSX: CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) Toronto-quoted stock rose to a fresh 12-month high Tuesday after reporting a series of discoveries in the Panteon VTEM Gold Corridor of the Limon…