Site visit: Southern Silver aims to grow Cerro las Minitas
GUADALUPE VICTORIA, DURANGO STATE, MEXICO — Southern Silver Exploration (TSXV: SSV) hopes that its polymetallic Cerro las Minitas project — “a hill of many small mines” in English — could…
Mexico and Central America
Wall Street dips, Jan. 9–13
U.S. equities slipped into negative territory, as oil prices retreated and gold rose. The S&P 500 Index dipped 0.1% to 2,274.64, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4% to…
Turkish gov’t delivers forestry permit for Alamos Gold’s Kirazli
Shares of Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange jumped 14%, or $1.43, to $11.57, after the company reported that it had received a key…
Great Panther to buy Coricancha from Nyrstar
VANCOUVER — Silver miner Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE-MKT: GPL) has struck a deal with Nyrstar to acquire the European smelting giant’s shuttered Coricancha polymetallic mine complex, 90 km…
Torex Gold reports more high grade
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) kicked off the new year with encouraging results from a drill program exploring the El Limon Sill on the company’s 290 sq. km Morelos gold…
TSX retreats, Dec. 12–16
Canada’s largest stock market weakened, after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its short-term interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to between 0.5% and 0.75%. The spot gold…
Mexican gov’t denies permit for Argonaut’s San Antonio
The Mexican Environmental Authority has given Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) a lump of coal for Christmas. The regulatory body known as Semarnat has denied approval of Argonaut’s environmental impact assessment…
Outlook 2017: Five companies getting busy in the new year
With some recovery in commodity prices in 2016, more than a few mining companies are stepping up work programs and striving to hit milestones in the coming year. The following…
TNM Video: Almadex CEO Morgan Poliquin on El Cobre discovery and 2017 plans
Western Editor Matthew Keevil swings by the Vancouver offices of Almadex Minerals (TSXV: AMZ; US-OTC: AXDDF) to sit down with President and CEO Morgan Poliquin. The company has seen its…
Almadex CEO talks gold-rich porphyry discovery at El Cobre
VANCOUVER — Almadex Minerals (TSXV: AMZ; US-OTC: AXDDF) president and CEO Morgan Poliquin and his team are among the top mineral explorers in eastern Mexico, and they may have another…
Wall Street retreats, Oct. 31-Nov. 4
U.S. equities fell into negative territory on concerns about the U.S. presidential election and weakening oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 1.5% to close at 17,888.28, while…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 37: The Hadean eon and Precipitate Gold CEO
We’re back in action with Lesley and Matt in a Geology Corner feature that digs deep into the Hadean geologic eon and veneer theory — we’re going all the way back to the…