Equinox upgrades resources at Aurizona and Mesquite
Equinox Gold (TSXV: EQX; US-OTC: EQXFF) has boosted resources at its Aurizona gold mine in northeastern California and reserves and resources at its Mesquite gold mine in California. Since the…
Mexico and Central America
Silvercrest upgrades Las Chipas ahead of PEA
Silvercrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; NYSE: SILV) has upgraded the resource at its Las Chispas silver-gold property in Sonora, Mexico, to the indicated category for the first time. The project now…
Leagold achieves higher gold production with 2018 acquisitions
Leagold Mining (TSX: LMC; US-OTC: LMCNF) produced 302,550 oz. gold in 2018 from its four operating mines at US$974 all-in sustaining costs (AISC) for a US$83.2 million AISC margin. The…
Newmont rejects Barrick takeover, suggests Nevada JV
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is attempting to “bite off substantially more than it can chew,” and has “a poor M&A track record,” Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) CEO Gary…
Gold & Precious Metals Snapshot: Drills turn across the Americas in search of precious metals
Gold and silver remain the preferred targets for North American mineral explorers, with thousands of campaigns ongoing across the globe. Here is a look at eight such companies. ALAMOS GOLD…
Silvercrest finds high-grade vein at Las Chispas
Silvercrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; NYSE: SILV) has discovered the Babi Sur silver-gold vein on its Las Chispas property in Sonora, Mexico, through recent drilling. The company intersected high-grade silver and…
Gainey Capital confirms high grades at Las Margaritas
Gainey Capital’s (TSXV: GNC; US-OTC: GNYPF) first pass sampling at its newly-optioned Las Margaritas gold project in Durango, Mexico, sampled up to 40 grams gold per tonne and confirmed the…
Bluestone tables feasibility study at Cerro Blanco
Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC: BBSRF) has tabled a feasibility study for its Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala that states the project would produce 902,000 oz. gold over an…
Great Panther Silver boosts resource at Topia mine in Mexico
Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE American: GPL) has increased the measured and indicated resource at its Topia silver-gold-lead-zinc mine in Mexico’s Durango state to nearly 15 million silver-equivalent ounces….
Feds approve Argonaut’s environmental assessment for Magino
Canada’s federal government has approved the environmental assessment of Argonaut Gold ’s (TSX: AR) Magino project in Ontario. The open-pit project must still receive provincial government approval for the EA…
US markets rise, Jan. 21-25: Yamana, Iamgold and Freeport McMoRan
The gold price rose 1.66% to US$1,302.60. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 4% to 71.17, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.12% to 24,737.20. The S&P 500…
Sandstorm picks up royalty on Lundin’s Fruta del Norte
Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SAND; NYSE: SAND) has purchased a 0.9% net smelter returns royalty for US$32.8 million in cash on precious metals produced from Lundin Gold’s (TSX: LUG; NASDAQ: LUG)…