First Majestic Drilling Grows La Encantada Reserves By 187%
VANCOUVER — A 6,700-metre drill program at the La Encantada mine in the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila has paid off for First Majestic Silver (FR-T, FRMSF-O).
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Golden Predator To Spin Out Gold Assets
Golden Predator Mines (GP-T, GPDRF-O) is going to separate its gold and silver assets from its base metal assets in a spinoff that should draw attention to the company’s strong portfolio of precious m…
Alexco Rises On Silver Wheaton Payment
VANCOUVER — On news that it received its first US$15-million payment from Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-N) in December, Alexco Resource (AXR-T, AXU-X) got a nice share price lift from investors who know…
Minera Andes to double San Jose gold production
Minera Andes (MAI-T) expects to double production at the San Jose mine in Santa Cruz province, Argentina, to 95,000…
Santa Elena grows for SilverCrest
Vancouver – SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) has increased the gold and silver resources at its Santa Elena project in Son…
Ecuador’s new mining law one step closer to reality
New mining legislation has passed yet another hurdle in Ecuador this week, buoying hopes that foreign mining compan…
Dia Bras to cut travel costs with new Bolivar mill
Dia Bras Exploration (DIB-V) will temporarily stop a pilot mining program in the Cusi silver mining district near C…
Pan American ramping up 2009 silver production
Vancouver – Despite cutting its workforce by about 500 employees, reigning in expenditures on exploration and…
Anatolia arranges US$62.5M loan
Vancouver – UniCredit Group, a major European bank, approved a US$62.5 million debt facility for Anatolia Min…
Spectacular drill results for Colossus at Serra Pelada
Drilling at the site of Brazil’s epic 1980s gold rush at Serra Pelada is yielding spectacular results for joi…
Silver Eagle Suspends Mining At Miguel Auza
The Mexican government has given its stamp of approval to an agreement Silver Eagle Mines (SEG-T, SVEGF-O) has reached with its union to temporarily shut down the company’s Miguel Auza mine in Zacatec…
Silvercorp Gains On TLP-LM Prefeasibility
VANCOUVER — China’s largest primary- silver producer, Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVMFF-O), now has a five-year mine plan for its recently acquired and already operating TLP-LM silver-lead project. It …