Silver

Processing facilities under construction at Santacruz Silver's Rosario silver-gold-zinc-lead project,184 km north of San Luis Potosi city in central Mexico. Source: Santacruz Silver

Santacruz Silver on the fast track

For Mexico-focused Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ-V), 2013 could be the year that well-planted seeds take root and grow. The Vancouver-based company is working on a trio of advanced-stage silver projects with the goal of achieving inaugural…


Drillers at Candente Copper's Caariaco copper-silver-gold project in northern Peru. Source: Candente Copper

Candente restarts drilling at Caariaco

Candente Copper (DNT-T) has resumed exploration and feasibility drilling this new year on its Canariaco copper-silver-gold project in northern Peru, sending its shares soaring.


Visitors tour Angkor Gold Oyadao gold project in northeastern Cambodia, near Vietnam's border. Source: Angkor Gold

Angkor Gold cashes in on Cambodia

It has been just over a year since Vancouver-based Angkor Gold (ANK-V) went public with its stable of Cambodian exploration projects, and it is looking like the company’s early mover strategy in the developing Southeast Asian nation might…


SilverCrest's Santa Elena open-pit mine. Source: SilverCrest Mines

SilverCrest finds new gold zone

Junior silver producer SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) has discovered a new high-grade gold and silver zone that lies below and is parallel to the main mineralized zone that is being mined at its Santa Elena open-pit operation in Sonora, Mexico,…



Candente restarts drilling, shares surge 38%

Candente Copper (DNT-T) has started off the New Year by resuming exploration and feasibility drilling on its Canariaco copper-silver-gold project in northern Peru, sending its shares soaring.


Santacruz Silver on the fast track to production

VANCOUVER — For Mexico-focused Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ-V) 2013 may well be the year where well-laid plans take root and begin to grow. The Vancouver-based company is working on a trio of advanced-stage silver projects with the goal…


Coeur to take 100% of Joaquin

Some mining companies find it tough in Argentina — and particularly in less mining-friendly provinces like Chubut — where the provincial government has proposed higher taxes and royalties. And even in more benign, mining friendly…


Geologists at the Malku Khota concession in Bolivia. Source: South American Silver Corp.

South American Silver invests closer to home

After taking a bruising in Bolivia earlier this year when the government revoked its Malku Khota concession, South American Silver (SAC-T, SOHAF-O) is sticking a little closer to home.



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…


Drillers at Brixton Metals' Thorn gold project in British Columbia. Source: Brixton Metals

Brixton finds high-grade silver at Thorn in BC

Vancouver-based explorer Brixton Metals (BBB-V) can barely contain its excitement over the silver-equivalent grades it has been cutting at its Thorn pollymetallic project, 130 km southwest of Atlin in northwestern B.C. The company followed up…


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