Starcore closes financing for San Martin acquisition (January 25, 2007)
Vancouver – Starcore International Ventures (SAM-V, SHVLF-O) stands poised to enter the producer’s league following…
Silver
UC starts Mexican gold-silver tailings project
Vancouver – UC Resources (UC-V), a Vancouver junior headed by financier Richard Hamelin, has reached the productio…
Bolivia’s Morales backs increased tax on minerals
Just two weeks after his mines minister went on record as favouring a significant increase to the export tax on min…
Revised feasibility buoys Yukon Zinc
Vancouver – Yukon Zinc (YZC-V, YZCCF-O) has tabled an “optimized feasibility study” indicating positive economics f…
Goldcorp gets permit for Mexican mine (January 23, 2007)
Vancouver – Goldcorp (g-t, gg-n) has received construction permits ahead of schedule for what is expected to be Mex…
Palmarejo expands La Patria prospect
Palmarejo Silver and Gold (PJO-V) has tabled its first resource estimate for the La Patria silver-gold deposit in C…
Tagish Looks to Grow Skukum Creek Resource
Vancouver — Prospective precious metals miner Tagish Lake Gold (TLG-V) says its 2006 drill campaign at the Skukum Creek gold-silver property, located 80 km southwest of Whitehorse, in the Yukon, will…
European Goldfields ups production in Greece
European Goldfields (EGU-T) is both ramping up production and adding years to the life of its Stratoni silver-zinc-…
Silver Wheaton Takes 14% of Sabina
Vancouver — Aspiring Nunavut silver-zinc producer Sabina Silver (SBB-V, SBBFF-O) has secured a major new shareholder with Silver Wheaton (SLW-T, SLW-X) stepping up to invest $12.9 million in the comp…
Letter to the Editor: Valuation of Multi-Element Metal Deposits
Some consultants are reporting the value of their client’s base metal resources in terms of “silver equivalent.” Accordingly, the descriptions provided, calculation of this “equivalent” begins with re…
News Roundup — Latin America
Skeena cuts higher grades at El Corazon
Bear Creek adds value at Corani
With the Corani polymetallic discovery in Peru hovering just shy of 320 million oz. in an overall contained silver resource, Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V, BCEKF-O) is looking to add value by driving the p…