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Equipment at Silver Standard Resources' Pitarrilla silver project in Mexico's Durango state. Source: Silver Standard Resources

Silver Standard targets Pitarrilla

After repositioning Silver Standard as a well-funded firm with a strong management team and a sole operating mine in Argentina, Silver Standard Resources’ (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) president and CEO John Smith says his company is now “getting…


Vale takes hefty write-downs

 Vale (VALE-N) is taking a US$2.85 billion write-down on its Onça Puma nickel mine in the northern Brazilian state of Para after troubles with two furnaces earlier this year led to the halting of its ferronickel…


Construction of the processing plant at Canada Lithium's mine near Val d'Or, Quebec. Source: Canada Lithium

Canada Lithium starts mine commissioning

Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) has started commissioning the open pit and processing plant at its Quebec Lithium mine near Val d’Or, Que., with first production of spodumene concentrate expected shortly, followed by lithium carbonate output early…


Premier updates Trans-Canada resource

Premier Gold Mines (PG-T) has completed a much-anticipated resource estimate on the four gold deposits—Hardrock, Brookbank, Kailey and Key Lake — that make up its Trans-Canada project in the Beardmore-Geraldton Greenstone belt.


EMED perseveres at Rio Tinto

Mining has been going on at the Rio Tinto copper mine in Spain for thousands of years, but that doesn’t mean molding it into its most modern incarnation is an easy task.


Belo Sun’s Volta Grande on M&A radar

Belo Sun Mining’s (BSX-T) Volta Grande could become a potential acquisition target as the Toronto-based firm continues to expand and de-risk the large gold project in Brazil, analysts say.





Goliad’s good to go in South Texas

Uranium Energy’s (UEC-X) Goliad in-situ recovery (ISR) project in the uranium belt of southern Texas has received its final permit and is fully authorized for production, which Haywood Securities analyst Colin Healey expects will take…


Workers carry drilling equipment at U308 Corp.'s Berlin uranium project in Colombia. Source: U308 Corp.

Berlin takes U3O8’s breath away

Revenue from by-products phosphate, vanadium and yttrium will more than pay for the mining and extraction of uranium oxide at U3O8 Corp.’s (UWE-T, UWEFF-O) Berlin project in Colombia, according to a preliminary economic assessment (PEA).



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