Gatos Silver shares rise on record quarterly production
Gatos Silver (NYSE, TSX: GATO) is coming off its best ever quarter of production, with the 70%-owned Cerro Los Gatos mine in Mexico producing a record 2.7 million oz. of silver…
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Silver & PGMs Snapshot: Eight juniors to watch
Silver remains a prime target for mineral explorers and miners, and platinum group metals (PGM) such as platinum and palladium are of increasing interest due to their use in electric…
Gatos Silver shares rise on revised reserve at Cerro Los Gatos
Gatos Silver (TSX/NYSE: GATO) shares rose almost 10% Monday despite the release of a revised update that reduced reserves at its Cerro Los Gatos (CLG) mine in northern Mexico by…
Minera Alamos estimates 111% IRR for Cerro de Oro gold project in Mexico
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) has released an encouraging preliminary economic assessment for its Cerro de Oro gold project in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas. Using a gold price of…
Mexican legislator calls for public release of mining companies’ financial, environmental records
Mexican MP Adriana Bustamante Castellanos has presented an amendment to Article 7 of the country’s Mining Law, which would allow for the public release of information regarding the production, processing…
Equinox Partners takes a stand against mining’s nonaligned directors
When Equinox Partners Investment Management adopted a strict voting policy against industry directors who have served for two or more years but have invested less than two years of director’s…
Juniors chart cautious path through rough terrain of current markets
The Northern Miner attended the Precious Metals Summit held in Beaver Creek, Colo., from Sept. 13 to 16, where explorers, developers and emerging producers of gold, silver, copper, and platinum group…
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…
Torex Gold shares jump on positive assays from ELG underground in Mexico
Shares of Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) jumped 3.1% by midday Friday following the latest drill results from its El Limón Guajes (ELG) underground mine in Mexico, where it is…
Beaver Creek: Industry heavyweights weigh in on gold’s role in a changing world order
The Precious Metals Summit currently underway in Beaver Creek, CO has heard how gold is poised to play an increasingly important role in a changing global geopolitical landscape. During a…
Power issues delay SilverCrest’s first metal sale from Las Chispas
SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SILV), which is in the midst of commissioning its Las Chispas gold-silver mine in Sonora state, Mexico, said reliability issues with electricity supplies have caused unspecified delays…
Equinox Gold resumes operations at Los Filos
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-AM: EQX) has resumed operations at its Los Filos mine in Mexico, which were halted last week as the result of a blockade by members of…