Defiance drops mill option to advance San Acacio
With a dwindling cash reserve, Defiance Silver (TSXV: DEF; US-OTC: DNCVF) had to choose between optioning into a mine or a mill, and swiftly chose the former last December.
Mexico and Central America
Marlin Gold and GoGold Resources covet Santa Gertrudis
The Santa Gertrudis gold project — 180 km north of Hermosillo, in Mexico’s Sonora state — was discovered by Phelps Dodge in 1986 and advanced to open-pit, heap-leach production in 1991.
Commentary: Rob McEwen on the outlook for 2014
Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining, shared his thoughts with The Northern Miner about the outlook for the mining industry in 2014. McEwen Mining’s principal assets consist of the San Jose mine in Santa Cruz, Argentina…
Aurcana tumbles as it closes the Shafter mine
Aurcana (TSXV: AUN; OTCQX: AUNFF) is taking its Shafter silver mine in Texas immediately offline due to declining silver prices.
Aurcana slides on suboptimal Q3 results
The third quarter wasn’t kind to Aurcana (TSXV: AUN; US-OTC: AUNFF), and the market took notice.
Capstone’s Pinto Valley ‘doing better than expected’
Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) shares got a boost after the Vancouver-based firm said its recently acquired Pinto Valley copper–molybdenum mine in Arizona could produce more than the targeted 22 million to 27 million lb. copper…
Primero bids for Brigus Gold
VANCOUVER — It’s been just over two years since gold producer Primero Mining (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) was outbid for the Young–Davidson gold mine in Ontario by AuRico Gold (TSX: AUG, NYSE: AUQ), but the company…
Russian billionaire acquires Mercator
VANCOUVER — Struggling copper producer Mercator Minerals (TSX: ML) has reportedly been on the market since late September, and the company found a suitor in Intergeo MMC — a Russian-based resource company controlled by…
Atico steams ahead
Atico Mining (TSXV: ATY; US-OTC: ATCMF) became a producing mining company when it acquired 90% of the El Roble mine — the only producing copper mine in Colombia.
Pershimco goes long on Panamanian copper
While it may not be a name many are familiar with, Pershimco Resources (TSXV: PRO) thinks its Cerro Quema project could let it become the next big name in Panamanian copper.
B2Gold stays strong through typhoon turmoil
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-MKT: BTG) may have escaped the worst of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, but it isn’t forgetting those who didn’t.
PotashCorp cuts workforce by 18%
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) is reducing its workforce by 18% amid soft crop-nutrient demand from developing markets.