CIBC initiates coverage of Equinox Gold
CIBC has launched coverage of junior developer Equinox Gold (TSXV: EQX) with an outperform rating and a 12-18 month target price of $1.30 per share. The stock is currently trading…
South America
BHP buys SolGold stake for US$35M
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP; LON: BLT) is acquiring a 6.1% stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG), which is developing its Cascabel porphyry copper-gold project in Ecuador. BHP is buying…
Continental Gold employee killed in Colombia
Two mining engineers employed by Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) in Colombia were attacked by armed men in the town of Buritica, near the company’s gold project. One of…
Panoro to drill new zone after expanding permit at Cotabambas
Now that Peru has approved Panoro Minerals’ (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) request for an expanded environmental impact assessment at its Cotabambas copper project in southern Peru’s Apurimac region, the company…
Tahoe troubles continue with solution discharge at La Arena
Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) says it has contained a discharge of pregnant solution that may have flowed into a nearby creek at its La Arena mine in Peru….
Blue Sky prepping for PEA at Ivana in Argentina
A few months after tabling a maiden resource for its Ivana urnaium deposit on its Amarillo Grande uranium project in Argentina’s Rio Negro province, Blue Sky Uranium (TSXV: BSK; US-OTC:…
Jaguar Mining CEO resigns, company cuts guidance for 2018
Shares of Jaguar Mining (TSX: JAG) lost a third of their value in mid-August after the abrupt resignation of the company’s CEO Rodney Lamond, along with news the junior gold…
AngloGold terminates JV with Equinox
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) has terminated the earn-in joint venture at Equinox Gold’s (TSXV: EQX; US-OTC: EQXGF) Aurizona gold mine project in northeastern Brazil. Equinox now has a 100% interest…
Top 10 Canada-based juniors with substantial assets in the US
Canadian junior companies have a large presence south of the border. The Northern Miner presents its top-10 list of the biggest Canada-based juniors with substantial assets in the U.S., by…
Filo upgrades indicated resource at flagship project on Chile-Argentina border
Filo Mining (TSXV: FIL) has substantially increased indicated resources at its 100% owned Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver deposit, located 140 km southeast of the city of Copiapo, Chile, on the Chile-Argentina…
Equinox Gold’s Aurizona on schedule for late 2018 gold pour
Equinox Gold (TSXV: EQX; US-OTC: EQXGF) continues to advance construction at the Aurizona gold mine in northeastern Brazil, with production set to begin later this year. The project is 60%…
Great Panther Silver readies Coricancha restart
Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE-AM: GPL) is closing in on a restart of the company’s Coricancha mine – a Cordilleran polymetallic ore deposit located 90 km east of Lima,…