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A mill at Yamana Gold's El Penon gold-silver mine, 160 km southeast of Antofagasta, Chile. Photo by Yamana Gold

Yamana ramps up exploration at El Penon

Of Yamana Gold’s (YRI-T, AUY-N) $125-million budgeted for exploration this year — a 10% increase over 2011 — about $29.5 million, or 23%, is earmarked for northern Chile, where it owns 100% of the high-grade El Penon…


Iamgold to sell Quimsacocha

Shares of INV Metals (INV-T) surged 46% to 16¢ on news the Toronto-based company plans to acquire the Quimsacocha gold project in Ecuador from Iamgold (IMT-T) in a move it hopes will take it from a junior exploration company to an…


Silver Predator’s Taylor project doesn’t disappoint

Results from the first fourteen of twenty-five drill holes from its 2012 exploration program at its flagship Taylor project in Nevada sent shares of Silver Predator (SPD-T) up 35% to 25¢ a share on 7,300 shares traded. 



Second- and third-stage crushers assembled at McEwen Mining's El Gallo silver-gold project in Sinaloa, Mexico. Photo by McEwen Mining

McEwen Mining grows El Gallo

The first phase of production at McEwen Mining’s (MAQ-T, MUX-N) El Gallo deposit in Sinaloa, Mexico, is scheduled to start during the third quarter, but in the meantime the Toronto-headquartered company has grown the measured, indicated…


Trevali pushes towards Peruvian production

Trevali Mining (TV-T) is getting ever closer to launching Peru’s next polymetallic mine with a little help from a well known player in the metal game: Glencore International (GLEN-L).


MAG Silver updates Juanicipio PEA

In a conference call earlier today MAG Silver’s (MAG-T, MVG-N, MVG-X) president and chief executive, Dan MacInnis, enthusiastically described the company’s Juanicipio project in Mexico as “bullet-proof” and “one…


At Southern Silver Exploration's Cerro Las Minitas silver project in Durango, Mexico (from left): senior exploration manager Adrian Robles; general manager of exploration Robert MacDonald; vice-president of exploration Roger Scammell; director Jean-Pierre Colin; and Scotia Capital associate director and geologist Bob Jankovic. Photo by Ian Bickis

Southern Silver eyes next Blind zone

After waiting more than 30 years, Southern Silver Exploration’s (SSV-V) man in Durango is finally getting a crack at the Cerro Las Minitas silver property.Adrian Robles, Southern Silver’s senior exploration manager in Mexico, first…


U.S. Silver and RX Gold and Silver to merge

VANCOUVER — United States-focused junior precious metal producers U.S. Silver (USA-T) and RX Gold and Silver (RXE-V) have agreed to merge in an all-share deal to create a new company called U.S. Gold and Silver.


Barrick slides on management changes

Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) took a mild beating after it named a new chief executive in a move to bolster its share price, leaving some analysts wondering if turbulent waters lie ahead.


McEwen grows El Gallo resource

The first phase of production at McEwen Mining’s (MUX-T, MUX-N) El Gallo deposit in Sinaloa, Mexico is scheduled to start during the third quarter, but in the meantime the Toronto-headquartered company has grown the measured and indicated…


Drill results lift Continental Gold

Strong drill results from nine diamond drill holes at the Buritica gold project in Colombia sent shares of Continental Gold (CNL-T) up 28¢ or 3.9% to $7.38 apiece on June 4.  


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