Golden Minerals, ECU to hook up
Colorado-headquartered miner Golden Minerals (AUM-T, AUNM-X) and Toronto-based ECU Silver Mining (ECU-T) agreed to merge to create a new silver mining company focused mainly in Mexico and Argentina.
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Revolution explores Carolina Slate Belt
Vancouver – Drilling along a 25-km-long trend is bound to lead to some mixed results, and such is the case for Revolution Resources (RV-T) at its Champion Hills project in North Carolina.
Soltoro hits more high-grade silver in new zone
Vancouver – Soltoro (SOL-V) has released several high-grade silver hits from its El Rayo project in central Mexico a week after reporting a bulk tonnage resource estimate on the project.
Trevali on the path to production
In the last few months Trevali Mining Corp. (tv-t) expanded its resource base, changed its name, closed a $10-million financing, and listed on the Lima Stock Exchange. Now, it’s working to get two mines into production over the next 12 months.
First resource for Levon’s Cordero project
Vancouver – After completing close to 70,000 metres of drilling over 160 core holes, Levon Resources (LVN-V) has released an initial bulk tonnage resource on its Cordero silver-gold-zinc-lead project in northern Mexico.
Santa Cruz gov’t approves Extorre’s EIA for Cerro Moro
The provincial government of Santa Cruz in southern Argentina has approved the environmental impact assessment of the proposed Cerro Moro gold-silver mine, Extorre Gold Mines (XG-T, XG-X) reports, and the results of a prefeasibility study are…
Sabina to sell Hackett, turns to gold for growth
Nunavut-focused junior explorer Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) is selling its 100%-owned Hackett River silver-zinc project, located near Bathurst Inlet in northern Nunavut, to Swiss mining powerhouse Xstrata (XTA-L).
McEwen to merge US Gold, Minera Andes
Rob McEwen, the largest shareholder of both US Gold (UXG-T, UXG-N) and Minera Andes (MAI-T), plans to combine the two companies to create what would be a dynamic, mid-tier silver producer in the Americas….
Pretium plans Brucejack mine
Pretium Resources (PVG-T) has completed a preliminary economic assessment of its Brucejack gold-silver project in northern British Columbia, a little more than six months after acquiring the project and listing on the Toronto Stock…
Golden Queen relies on high metal prices to generate impressive NPV
Golden Queen Mining (GQM-T) is looking to prove that there is still plenty of gold in California, albeit at a much lower grade than what the ’49ers were used to.
Caldera focuses on Marjan in Armenia (June 13, 2011)
Montreal-based Caldera Resources (CDR-V) has a busy season ahead of it at the Marjan gold-silver project in Armenia, as it confirms and upgrades the project’s historical resources.
Temex Resources posts resource for Gowganda tailings
Between 1910 and 1972 the Miller Lake O’Brien silver mine in northeastern Ontario turned out 42 million ounces of silver. It also left behind a lot of silver in tailings piles — 2.96 million ounces to be precise.