B2Gold completes expansion study for El Limon mine
In February, B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) announced an initial open-pit inferred resource for the newly discovered El Limon Central zone at its El Limon mine in Nicaragua. This…
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Ascendant reduces operating costs at El Mochito in new PEA
Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND; US-OTC: ASDRF) has tabled a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its El Mochito zinc-lead mine in Honduras that increases production while reducing operating and all-in…
Video: Innovation strategies for miners ft George Hemingway of Stratalis
Futurist George Hemingway, Partner and Head of Innovation Practice at The Stratalis Group, gives a presentation on the future of mining at the 2018 Progressive Mine Forum. The conference took…
Newmont’s Merian mine hits 1 million ounce milestone
Two years after commercial production began in October 2016, Newmont Mining’s (NYSE: NEM) Merian mine in Suriname has poured one million ounces of gold. Newmont Suriname — a subsidiary of…
Strongbow Exploration inks deal with Orion
Since closing its acquisition of the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall in July 2016, Strongbow Exploration (TSXV: SBW) has wasted little time laying the groundwork to put the former…
Alio improves resource by 52% at Florida Canyon
Alio Gold (TSX: ALO; NYSE: ALO) has boosted measured and indicated resources at its operating Florida Canyon gold mine in Nevada by 52% over the previous estimate, contained in a 2016…
Nordic Gold secures funding for Laiva mine in Finland
Pandion Mine Finance is giving Nordic Gold (TSX: NOR) an additional US$7 million in funding so that the junior can put its Laiva gold mine into production and pour first…
Treasury tables first new resource for Goliath since 2015
Treasury Metals (TSX: TML; US-OTC: TSRMF) has updated the resource at its 100% owned Goliath gold project near Dryden, Ontario, for the first time since 2015, boosting underground gold equivalent…
Northern Vertex strikes three financial deals, raises US$13.6M for Moss
Vancouver-based Northern Vertex Mining (TSXV: NEE) (US-OTC: NHVCF) has amended the terms of a loan and lined up two new sources of financing totalling US$13.6 million to improve cash flow…
Orsu finds silver at Sergeevskoe in Russia
Orsu Metals (TSXV: OSU; US-OTC: ORSUF) is drilling 12,500 metres at its 90% owned Sergeevskoe gold project, 40 km southwest of the town of Mogocha, Russia, on its way to…
Bunker Hill defaults on payments and terminates lease at flagship project
Bunker Hill Mining (CSE: BNKR; US-OTC: BHLL) terminated its lease and option agreement to acquire the Bunker Hill zinc-lead-silver mine in Idaho after missing US$400,000 in property payments that were…
Silver & PGMs Snapshot: Mexico a magnet for Canada’s silver seekers
Silver remains a prime target for mineral explorers and miners, particularly those active in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Here is a look at five silver-focused companies plus a…