SSR Mining takes strategic stake in SilverCrest Metals
SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM) is investing $31 million for a 9.9% stake in SilverCrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; NYSE-AM: SILV) and its Las Chispas project in Sonora, Mexico. SilverCrest…
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Tinka boosts resource at Ayawilca in Peru
Additional drilling at Tinka Resources‘ (TSXV: TK) 100%-owned Ayawilca project in the zinc-lead-silver belt of central Peru, 200 km northeast of Lima, has significantly grown the project’s resource estimate from an…
Arbitration court awards South American Silver US$28M for Bolivian concession
The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration has awarded South American Silver US$18.7 million for amounts invested and another US$9 million in interest for its Malku Khota concession, which the Bolivian…
Mirasol explores in Argentina, Chile
Mirasol Resources (TSXV: MRZ; US-OTC: MRZLF) is about to do something it doesn’t do often: drill one of its own projects. The Argentina- and Chile-focused precious metals project generator is…
Pan American to buy Tahoe for US$1B in controversial offer
Pan American Silver’s (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) friendly acquisition of Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) in a cash-and-share deal valued at US$1.07 billion will double the company’s silver reserves…
Altamira cuts high-grade gold in Brazil
Altamira Gold (TSXV: ALTA; US-OTC: EQTRF) wrapped up this year’s trenching program at its Cajueiro gold project in Brazil by finding two gold-bearing structures on the northern end of its…
Lundin Gold completes one third of construction at Fruta del Norte
Underground mine development is on schedule and, at planned rates, Lundin Gold ( TSX: LUG) expects to reach the ore body at its Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador during…
Fortuna’s Lindero on track for production in Q3 2019
Construction is accelerating at Fortuna Silver Mines’ (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) Lindero project in northern Argentina, and commercial production is planned to start by September 2019, the company says. “The…
Hochschild boosts mine life of Inmaculada
During a presentation at its Capital Markets Day in London, Hochschild Mining (LON: HOC) announced that brownfield drilling this year at its Inmaculada underground mine in Peru has added inferred…
TSX posts gains, Oct. 29-Nov. 2
After falling as low as 14,639.70 in October 2018, Canada’s benchmark index rebounded to end the trading week up 1.55% to 15,119.28. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 5.9% to…
Regulus spin-out Aldebaran Resources starts trading
Regulus Resources (TSXV: REG) spin-out Aldebaran Resources (TSXV: ALDE) debuted on the Toronto Venture Exchange at 90¢ before tumbling to 59¢ in mid-afternoon trading. Aldebaran shares the same core management…
Aurania’s Lost Cities project shows strong copper grades
Reconnaissance exploration at the Kirus and Jempe targets at Aurania Resources’ (TSXV: ARU); US-OTC: AUIAF) Lost Cities – Cutucu project in Ecuador has returned grab samples of rock with copper…