Correction
In the article “First Majestic buying Orko Silver for La Preciosa” (TNM, Dec. 26/12), there was an error in the silver grade for the La Preciosa resource estimate. It was quoted as 1.04 grams silver per tonne but should have read…
Silver
Bayfield hits more high-grade at Burns Block
VANCOUVER – With each new drill hole Bayfield Ventures (BYV-V) is learning more about a high-grade gold-silver shoot that extends from its East Burns zone towards the Intrepid gold-silver zone on Rainy River Resources’ (RR-T)…
Superior Copper revisits the old Coppercorp mine
Superior Copper (SPC-V) is hoping to find a new mine beside an old one as it gears up for another round of drilling on its flagship Batchawana copper property.
Copper Fox falls on Schaft Creek feasibility
After four years of drilling, designing, consulting and number crunching, Copper Fox Metals (CUU-V) has produced a feasibility study for its planned Schaft Creek mine in B.C. that increases throughput by 30% compared to earlier plans, while…
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…
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.
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 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,…
Superior Copper revisits the old Coppercorp mine
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. — Superior Copper (SPC-V) is hoping to find a new mine beside an old one as it gears up for another round of drilling on its flagship Batchawana copper property.
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…