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Salazar Resources (SRL-V) climbed 18% on news that diversified miner Lundin Mining (LUN-T) is acquiring a 15.4% stake in the company by buying over 80% of Salazar’s $3-million private placement, consisting of 6 million units…
The Sleeper gold mine in Nevada operated as a high-grade open pit from 1986-1996 and according to operations reports by its then owner, Amax Gold, about 54 million tonnes of waste were cast off in waste dumps over the course of the mine life….
AMC Mining Consultants has given the thumbs up to Silvercorp Metals’ (SVM-T, SVM-N) silver-lead-zinc project in southern China in a prefeasibility study that outlines a net present value of $73.7 million at an 8% discount rate, an…
Driving down cash costs, generating immediate cash flows and building itself into the world’s largest primary silver producer sound like good enough reasons for Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) to table a friendly takeover bid for fellow…
Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) has added significantly to the overall resource at its Freegold Mountain project in Yukon thanks to an initial resource on its Revenue deposit.
Robert Quartermain’s Pretium Resources (PVG-T, PVG-N) has started the new year with a bang, announcing plans on Jan. 19 to raise $18.5-million in flow-through funds at $18.50 a share. The bought-deal financing led by Salman Partners represents…
The Caspiche gold-copper project in northern Chile’s Maricunga gold district has a US$2.8-billion pre-tax net present value at a 5% discount rate and a pre-tax internal rate of return of 11.5%, according to Exeter Resource’s (XRC-T, XRA-X) new…
Shares of Hana Mining (HMG-V) closed 7.2% higher at $1.49 per share after the company reported some of the best intercepts yet of copper-silver mineralization in the Banana Zone at the company’s Ghanzi project in Botswana.
Luxor Capital Group has increased its partial offer for Crocodile Gold (crk-t), which operates gold mines in Australia. The New York-based investment company has raised its bid from US56¢ a share to US62¢ to buy 215.4 million…
Soltoro (SOL-V) may soon be garnering more well-deserved attention for its growing primary silver resource at the El Rayo silver-gold project here in Mexico’s Jalisco State.
Mining analyst Chris Lichtenheldt of UBS Investment Research has cut his 12-month target price on Hecla Mining (HL-N) to US$8 per share from his earlier forecast of US$9.85 per share, after the silver miner announced it has been forced to close…
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