US markets rise slightly, Jan. 8-12
Gold closed Friday at US$1,337.40 per oz., up US$18.60 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both rose 2% to 89.11 and 25,803.19….
Silver
First Majestic bids for Primero in friendly deal
First Majestic Silver’s (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) proposed acquisition of Primero Mining (TSX: P) and its San Dimas silver-gold mine would bring the number of its operating silver mines in…
Sun Metals drills Stardust
Newly formed Sun Metals has released positive drill results and an updated resource estimate on its optioned 96 sq. km Stardust polymetallic project, 150 km northwest of Fort St. James…
SilverCrest finds high grade
VANCOUVER — SilverCrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; US-OTC SVCMF) is making rapid progress exploring its flagship Las Chispas silver-gold project, 180 km northeast of Hermosillo, Mexico. The company has drilled more than…
New Nadina shares stumble into the new year
New Nadina Explorations (TSXV: NNA; US-OTC: NNADF) shares plummeted 86% to 48¢ in the new year after the company released drill results from its Silver Queen polymetallic project, 43 km…
Northern Vertex moves toward production at Moss in Arizona
Northern Vertex Mining (TSXV: NEE) has released a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Moss gold-silver mine in northwest Arizona that would double the amount of mineable material by…
Klondex tallies open-pit gold-silver resource at Fire Creek
Junior gold and silver miner Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX; NYSE-AM: KLDX) has released an initial open-pit resource that could extend the life of its Fire Creek underground mine in northern…
Filo sets stage for near-term copper production
VANCOUVER — Filo Mining (TSXV: FIL) is targeting production within five years at its flagship Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver project in the northern Chile-Argentina border region. The company was spun-out of…
Fireweed prepares for PEA at Tom and Jason
VANCOUVER — Shares of Fireweed Zinc (TSXV: FWZ) have been on a run — rising 58% to an all-time high of $1.06 at press time — ever since the company began…
Jeffrey Christian on bitcoin and ‘runaway’ gold price
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management, consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off…
Osisko Metals consolidates Bathurst camp
In the last year, newly minted Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: BWMXF) has picked up over 500 sq. km in New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp, the third-largest volcanogenic massive sulphide…
Southwest US Snapshot: Six juniors on the hunt for gold, silver, copper and lithium riches
Higher prices for most mined commodities has translated into renewed activity in the junior mining sector in the southwestern U.S. states. Here’s a quick look at six such companies. CALIFORNIA…