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Peregrine Metals attracts attention

With the war for talent heating up in the mining industry it was something of a coup for junior Peregrine Metals (PGM-T) to snag as its new president Richard Leclerc — a seasoned mining veteran who over the course of his 29-year career has…


Positive PEA pumps Prodigy (April 11, 2011)

Junior explorer Prodigy Gold (PDG-V) got a warm reception on the market after releasing a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Magino gold project in northern Ontario.


Augusta Resource's Rosemont copper-silver project in Arizona, one of Silver Wheaton's silver streams. Photo by Augusta Resource

Silver Wheaton boosts reserves 9% (April 11, 2011)

The timing of Silver Wheaton’s (SLW-T, SLW-N) announcement on March 23 that it had boosted attributable reserves more than 9% in 2010 couldn’t have been better, as silver hit a fresh 31-year peak in futures markets on that day, with silver…



Oyu Tolgoi to produce 3M oz. silver a year

With silver prices cruising to new heights, investor interest in the sizable Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia has “prompted” Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N, IVN-Q) to “more widely circulate the projections for silver production that have…



Continental climbs on high-grade hits

Recent results from Continental Gold’s (CNL-T) Buritica gold project in Colombia add further support to the notion that the company has a significant project on it hands. 


Amarillo Gold CEO Buddy Doyle (right) with geologists at the Mara Rosa gold project in Brazil's Goias state. Photo by Amarillo Gold

Buddy Doyle leads Amarillo Gold

Seven years in the malaria-infested rainforests of Papua New Guinea and six years in Canada’s Arctic led Buddy Doyle and his exploration teams at Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) to the two biggest discoveries of his career: the 30-million-oz. Minifie…




Mirabela raising US$375M

Australia-based Mirabela Nickel (MNB-T, MBN-A) plans to raise US$375 million in senior notes to pay debt, end its hedges and continue ramping up its sizable Santa Rita nickel mine in eastern Brazil.


Drillers exploring International Northair Mines' La Cigarra silver project in north-central Mexico. Photo by International Northair Mines

Northair expands drill program after Mexican silver hits

International Northair Mines (INM-V) is exp-anding a drill program at its La Cigarra silver project in north-central Mexico by 3,000 metres after intersecting 80 metres of 123.5 grams silver per tonne in February. The program will target a 3-km…


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