Leagold pursues new resource at Los Filos gold mine
Leagold Mining (TSX: LMC) has tabled new step-out drill results from the underground portion of its Los Filos gold mine, 230 km south of Mexico City. The company has drilled…
Mexico and Central America
Discovery Metals samples historic Zaragosa mine
Discovery Metals (TSXV: DSV) has fielded results for 100 new channel samples taken from the historic Zaragoza zinc-silver-lead mine on its 300 sq. km Puerto Rico polymetallic property in northern…
Troubles keep dogging Tahoe in Guatemala, Peru
Toronto-listed shares of Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) are worth half of what they were a year ago, and the company is facing challenges at assets in Central and…
Southern Silver dropping first holes into CLM West claims
In the coming months, Southern Silver Exploration (TSXV: SSV; US-OTC: SSVFF) will drill up to 13,000 metres at its 265 sq. km Cerro Las Minitas (CLM) polymetallic silver project, 70…
TSX dips, April 2-6
Canada’s benchmark index fell 1.04% to 12,207.41. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 1.41% to 69.03 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index fell 0.33% to 185.95, while the gold price…
Alio Gold to acquire Rye Patch in all-share deal
In an effort to diversify geopolitical risk and transform itself from a single-asset producer, Mexico-focused Alio Gold (TSX: ALO; NYSE: ALO) is buying Rye Patch Gold (TSXV: RPM; US-OTC: RPMGF)…
TSX Venture Exchange inches higher, March 5-9
After rising as many as 24 points midway through the trading week, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index levelled off at 828.9 — a 0.35% gain over the previous week. Shares…
Prospect generator Evrim adds another JV
In the last year and a half, Evrim Resources (TSXV: EVM) has signed up two new joint-venture partners on projects in Mexico and British Columbia — Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE)…
TSX Venture Exchange inches higher, Feb. 5-9
After falling nearly 90 points in the first week of February, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index has levelled off, rising 0.2% to finish at 813.39. Shares of Gold Reserve rose…
TSX dips slightly, Jan. 22-26
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.69% to close the trading week at 16,239.20. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.13% to 75.23 while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 1.55% to…
US markets rise slightly, Jan. 8-12
Gold closed Friday at US$1,337.40 per oz., up US$18.60 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both rose 2% to 89.11 and 25,803.19….
First Majestic bids for Primero in friendly deal
First Majestic Silver’s (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) proposed acquisition of Primero Mining (TSX: P) and its San Dimas silver-gold mine would bring the number of its operating silver mines in…