South America

Mills spin at Fortuna Silver Mines' Caylloma silver-gold-zinc-lead mine in southern Peru. Source: Fortuna Silver

Drilling returns more silver and gold at Fortuna’s mines

VANCOUVER — Gold and silver prices struggled in April, which meant most precious metal producers saw their share prices slide. For Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T, FSM-N), however, a slumping share price belies strong financials and promising…


Facilities at Eldorado Gold's Efemcukuru gold mine in Turkey. Source: Eldorado Gold

Eldorado perseveres on the road to more ounces

VANCOUVER — It has been a busy year for Eldorado Gold (ELD-T), but that’s business as usual for a company that has doubled its gold output in five years, and plans to more than double it again by 2015.


Drillers at Red Eagle Mining's Santa Rosa gold project in Colombia. Source: Red Eagle Mining

Consistent gold hits for Red Eagle in Colombia

VANCOUVER — The Santa Rosa gold project in Colombia is producing promising intercepts even as owner Red Eagle Mining (RD-V) updates the project’s gold tally and wraps up a first-pass economic assessment.



Coeur’s revamp

Idaho-based silver producer Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) is charting a new course to thrive in the changing and turbulent market by optimizing assets and trimming costs, while still keeping an eye out for growth.


The coal loading facility at Teck's Elkview operation in southeastern British Columbia. Source: Teck Resources

Cheap coal hits Teck’s bottom line

Teck Resources’ (TCK-T, TCK-N) first-quarter performance beat analyst expectations but came in lower compared to a year ago, owing to global economic uncertainty and weaker commodity prices.


Processing facilities at Yamana's Chapada open pit gold-copper mine, located in Brazil. Credit: Yamana Gold.

Yamana’s Q1 profits plunge as costs rise

Despite producing more gold than a year ago, Toronto-based Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) wasn’t able to buck the trend of miners posting shrinking first-quarter profits amidst dipping metal prices. Profit for the first quarter of…


Trevali ‘more than a one-trick pony,’ Haywood says

New Brunswick has given the green light to Trevali Mining (TV-T) to operate its Caribou mine and mill complex in the Atlantic province’s Bathurst mining camp, and the zinc-focused development company says it expects to fire up the mill…




Bellhaven Copper & Gold's La Mina gold-copper project, 45 km southwest of Medellin, Colombia. Source: Bellhaven Copper & Gold

Bellhaven expands Colombian footprint

Large-tonnage, low-grade deposits may not be the flavour of the month, but Bellhaven Copper & Gold (BHV-V) is in a good position for whenever investors resume their love affair with big gold deposits.



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