Why junior explorers will emerge from the dust
No doubt 2023 has been a difficult year for the junior mining sector. Across the board we’ve seen small-cap explorers sell-down toward multi-year lows. A decade of underinvestment in new…
Silver
Explorers in Colombia keep spending amid Petro government’s leftist rhetoric
More than a year after Colombia’s leftist president Gustavo Petro took power, investment by public companies is rising along with their exploration activity, despite initial concerns the government would restrict…
US DOI draft study poses further setback for Alaska’s Ambler road project
The proposed 211-mile transportation corridor for accessing untouched mineral deposits in northwestern Alaska, also known as the Ambler road project, will likely cause harm to wildlife and disruptions to local…
Goliath closes $8.6M upsized financing, welcomes new institutional investor
Goliath Resources (TSXV: GOT; US-OTC: GOTRF) has completed the second and final tranche of a recently upsized private placement that would see the Canadian junior miner raise a total of…
Pan American Silver plans La Colorada mine restart after armed robbery
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NYSE: PAAS) announced Wednesday that it will restart operations at its La Colorada mine in Mexico on Oct. 16 following a shift change and the…
Volcanic Gold rises on Guatemala Mila discovery
Volcanic Gold Mines (TSXV: VGI) says it has discovered high-grade gold at surface on its Mila prospect, part of the greenfields Motagua Norte project under option from Radius Gold (TSXV:…
Pan American’s La Colorada silver mine hit by armed robbery
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NYSE: PAAS) says it has suspended all operations at its La Colorada mine in Mexico after reporting an armed robbery involving two trailers of concentrate….
Strike at Newmont’s Peñasquito ends with 8% raise
Workers at Peñasquito, Mexico’s largest gold mine, accepted a proposal from operator Newmont (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT) late on Thursday, ending a four-month-long strike that cost the miner millions of dollars…
Séguéla drives Fortuna to record gold production in Q3
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) achieved a new production record during the third quarter of 2023, as its Séguéla mine in Cote d’Ivoire finished its first full quarter…
Buenaventura suspends Peru mine on permitting delays
Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN), Peru’s top publicly traded precious-metals producer, has halted its Colquijirca’s Tajo Norte zinc-lead-silver mine for up to three years due to permitting delays. The approval of a modified…
JV Article: Discovery Silver’s Cordero project is in the big league
Discovery Silver (TSX: DSV; US-OTC: DSVSF) owns the largest undeveloped primary silver deposit globally by reserves and has attracted a tier one management team led by Tony Makuch, the former…
Canadian Copper adds to Murray Brook resource ahead of PEA
Canadian Copper (CSE: CCI) has released a new resource estimate for its Murray Brook copper-zinc project near Bathurst, N.B. The company took a majority stake in Murray Brook earlier this…