Alexco takes a ‘pretty fast ride’ at Keno Hill
Operating Canada’s only primary silver mine, Alexco Resource (AXR-T, AXU-X), is optimizing its Bellekeno silver-lead-zinc mine, 450 km north of Whitehorse in the Yukon.
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Soltoro picks low-hanging fruit in Jalisco
It’s not every day that a primary silver deposit is found at the side of a road.
Mirasol makes the grade with Patagonian silver
Argentina-focused silver-gold explorer Mirasol Resources (MRZ-V) has a budding joint-venture with U.S.-based producer Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) at the Joaquin silver-gold property in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province, 80 km…
Goodman donates mystery amount to Laurentian
Dundee Corp. (DC-T) CEO Ned Goodman and the Goodman Family Foundation have made a significant financial contribution to Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont.
AuRico sale reflects changing investment landscape
While many market watchers see depressed mining equities as an opportunity for more mergers and acquisitions, miners with hoards of cash are turning away from acquisitions, preferring to return capital to investors.
Amarillo buys time for Mara Rosa in Brazil
VANCOUVER — President and CEO Buddy Doyle and his team at Amarillo Gold (AGC-V) have gained some breathing room in their fast-track development of the Mara Rosa gold project 320 km southeast of Brasilia, Brazil. The company filed a…
Renaissance looks to repeat AuEx glory
While the phrase “there you go again” has pejorative connotations in the U.S. political sphere, in the junior mining space it can mean very good things.
Capstone: Doing it the right way
Capstone Mining (CS-T) is one of those good stories in the mining world that often gets overlooked: the company went out and did what it said it would do, and now it’s reaping the benefits of two steadily producing copper mines that…
Ur-Energy clears final hurdle at Lost Creek
Shares of Ur-Energy(URE-T, URG-X) rose 5% to 99¢ on Oct. 5, after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved the company’s operation plan for the Lost Creek uranium in-situ recovery project in Wyoming’s Sweetwater County.
MAG Silver celebrates initial resource at Cinco de Mayo
The Cinco de Mayo project in northern Mexico’s Chihuahua state contains inferred resources of 12.5 million tonnes grading 132 grams silver per tonne, 0.24 gram gold per tonne, 2.86% lead and 6.47% zinc, MAG Silver (MAG-T, MAG-X) reports,…
Eastmain’s Eau Claire deposit tops 1M oz. gold
Quebec-focused gold explorer Eastmain Resources (ER-T) has released an updated resource estimate for its high-grade Eau Claire gold deposit in Quebec’s James Bay region.
Critical Elements eyes path to production
“You know when you find a mine in your life, you are lucky,” says Jean-Sébastien Lavallée, president and CEO of Critical Elements (CRE-V), which is advancing a bankable feasibility study on the Rose tantalum-lithium…