US Southwest Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
The southwestern United States has a long history of mining and remains one of the nation’s top mineral regions. The region has good infrastructure, an established regulatory and permitting regime…
Silver
Steppe Gold secures US$65M to fast-track ATO Phase 2 build
Steppe Gold (TSX: STGO; US-OTC: STPGF) has secured an investment of US$65 million in debt to fast-track its Phase 2 construction of the Altan Tsagaan Ovoo (ATO) gold and silver…
Pan American Silver cuts guidance on labour shortages, higher costs
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) has lowered its silver and gold production targets for the second time this year as costs related to ventilation upgrades at its La…
Video: Randy Smallwood discusses WPM’s Q3 performance, organic growth prospects
Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE: WPM; TSX: WPM) has reported earnings per share and revenue for the three months ended September that missed the consensus mark, despite record revenue for the…
Minera Alamos pours first gold at Santana mine in Mexico
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) has poured its first gold at its 100%-owned Santana mine in Sonora, Mexico, five months after beginning mining operations. The Vancouver-based company said the gold was…
Top 10 mines with world’s most valuable ore
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Peru central bank warns against anti-mining protests
A rising wave of anti-mining protest in Peru, which has paralyzed several operations in the world’s second largest copper producing country in the last few months, is already affecting investors’…
TSX down, Oct. 25-29 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 179.10 points or 0.84% to finish the October 25-29 trading week at 21,037.10. The Global Mining Index dropped 3.06 points or 3.07% to 96.58 and…
Quebec Snapshot: Eight explorers looking for gold and green opportunities
The hunt for gold has truly heated up in La Belle Province, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t excellent opportunities for copper, too. AMEX EXPLORATION Amex Exploration (TSXV: AMX; US-OTC:…
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO outlines strategy on green energy metals
This week Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) announced the US$1 billion acquisition of the Santa Rita nickel mine and the Serrote copper mine in Brazil from London-based Appian Capital. In…
Adventus and Salazar release feasibility study for the Curipamba copper-gold project in Ecuador
Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN; US-OTC: ADVZF) and its partner Salazar Resources (TSX: SRL; US-OTC: SRLZF) have released a feasibility study with updated mineral resources and a first estimate of mineral…
NorthWest Copper reports ‘game-changing’ drill result from Kwanika deposit
NorthWest Copper (TSXV: NWST) has hit the highest-grade copper-gold interval ever intersected at Kwanika, one of the two deposits at the company’s advanced-stage copper-gold exploration project in British Columbia. The…