Site visit: Growth ambitions undiminished for Brazil’s Nexa Resources
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL — With prices down nearly 10% in 2019, now is not an easy time for zinc miners. Measured from the highs hit from March to April, the…
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Site visit: Continental stays on track at Buritica
BURITICA, COLOMBIA — It has been one year since The Northern Miner last toured the Buritica gold project, and the interim has been a critical period for Continental Gold (TSX:…
Site visit: Coro dusts off new copper find
MEJILLONES, CHILE — Coro Mining (TSX: COP) could soon be building Chile’s newest copper mine. You would think someone would have already looked here. High in the arid hills above…
Site visit: Fireweed Zinc consolidates Macmillan Pass in the Yukon
MACMILLAN PASS, YUKON — Fireweed Zinc (TSXV: FWZ) CEO Brandon Macdonald travelled to China three times last year, twice to Japan, and also talked with Korean smelters about the company’s…
Site visit: New Pacific Metals blazes a trail at Silver Sand in Bolivia
BETANZOS, BOLIVIA — Vancouver-based junior New Pacific Metals (TSXV: NUAG; US-OTC: NUPMF) could be on the verge of a major silver discovery in south-central Bolivia, after clinching a pioneering deal…
Site visit: Fremont drills past producers in Nevada
ELKO, NEVADA — Fremont Gold (TSXV: FRE; US-OTC: USTDF) is drilling 1,000 reverse-circulation (RC) metres at its Gold Bar gold project, a two-hour drive from Elko, Nevada. It’s targeting a…
Site visit: Minaurum shows size potential at Alamos
ALAMOS, MEXICO — Thanks to a late rain, it’s unusually green on the Sierra de Alamos as we drive onto Minaurum Gold’s (TSXV: MGG; US-OTC: MMRGF) Alamos silver property in…
Site visit: Harte Gold nears commercial production at Sugar
Since its official mine opening on Oct. 24, Harte Gold (TSX: HRT; US-OTC: HRTFF) has finished commissioning its process plant and says it is on schedule to declare commercial production…
Site visit: Nevada Copper rolling Pumpkin Hollow forward
YERINGTON, NEVADA — For the townsfolk of Yerington, Nevada Copper’s (TSX: NCU; US-OTC: NEVDF) plan to begin production next year at its Pumpkin Hollow copper mine has been 40 years…
Site visit: IDM keen on Red Mountain in Golden Triangle
STEWART, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Vancouver-based IDM Mining (TSXV: IDM; US-OTC: IDMMF) is steadily advancing its wholly owned Red Mountain gold project in northwestern British Columbia’s Golden Triangle region. “We are…
Site visit: Ascot looks to write Premier mine’s third chapter
STEWART, B.C. — The existing infrastructure of Ascot Resources’ (TSXV: AOT; US-OTC: AOTVF) past-producing Premier-Dilworth gold project in northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle region is one of its greatest assets. “Underground mine,…
Site visit: Fission pushes PLS forward in Athabasca
PATTERSON LAKE, SASK. — Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) is in the midst of a $6.4-million, mid-year work program at its near-surface Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in northwestern Saskatchewan….