Golden Minerals to restart Velardena mine
Golden Minerals (TSX: AUM; NYSE-MKT: AUMN) is reopening its Velardena silver–gold mine in Mexico’s Durango state in July as a leaner and lower-cost operation.
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Drills probe new mill feed for Perseus in Ghana
VANCOUVER — Golden drill results from a satellite zone that could provide higher-grade feed for the Edikan gold mine in Ghana have given owner Perseus Mining (TSX: PRU; ASX: PRU; US-OTC: PMNXF) a nice share-price boost.
Coeur rejigs stream agreement with Franco-Nevada
An amended royalty agreement with Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV) has given Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) the breathing room it needs to consider completing the Guadalupe underground mine at its Palmarejo silver–gold complex in…
Pan American Silver defers Dolores expansion
VANCOUVER — Adding an underground operation and a pulp agglomeration circuit to the open-pit Dolores silver–gold mine in Mexico would improve recoveries, boost throughout, increase free cash flow and cost only US$105 million to…
Roxgold secures debt to finance Yaramoko
Since opening its data room and inviting term sheets and proposals from lenders in April, Roxgold (TSXV: ROG; US-OTC: ROGFF) has nailed down a US$75-million senior project debt facility from Société Générale and…
David Jones talks Guerrero discoveries, Minaurum play
VANCOUVER — When it comes to Mexico’s emerging Guerrero gold belt, there aren’t many geologists with as much experience in the region as David Jones, who first set boots in the area with Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE:…
Banro challenger backs off from proxy battle
After waging a weeks-long campaign against the board of Banro (TSX: BAA; NYSE-MKT: BAA), Liberty Street Capital backed off its bid for control of the gold miner just two days before Banro’s annual general meeting.
Kaminak’s Coffee PEA is the start of something big
VANCOUVER — President and CEO Eira Thomas calls Kaminak Gold’s (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Coffee gold project in the Yukon one more step in defining a “potential new gold…
Alacer plans sulphide expansion at Copler
VANCOUVER — For US$660 million Alacer Gold (TSX: ASR; US-OTC: ALIAF) could add a sulphide circuit to its heap-leach Copler (“Çöpler” in Turkish) gold mine in Turkey, an expansion that should pay for itself in the…
Steady hands whip Detour Lake into shape
COCHRANE, ONTARIO — When you look at the careers of Detour Gold’s (TSX: DGC) chief operating officer Pierre Beaudoin and president and CEO Paul Martin, it’s almost as if both men had been groomed for their task of bringing the…
TSX hits record high, June 16-20
Canada’s benchmark index gained for the third straight week. The S&P/TSX Composite Index climbed 107.36 points to finish the week at 15,108.97, before reaching an all-time closing high of 15,112.22 points a day earlier.
June proves to be a golden month
The remarkable move upwards of gold prices in mid-June has gold investors catching their collective breath and walking with a little more spring in their step, as June draws to an end and gold prices firm up well north of US$1,300 per oz.