B2Gold to buy Sabina Gold & Silver for $1.1B
Canada’s B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) is buying fellow precious metals miner Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB; US-OTC: SGSVF) in an all-stock deal worth $1.1 billion (US$824 million). The…
Silver
Exclusive video: How Mexico-focused Avino Silver & Gold plans to triple its production
Non-executive chairman of Mexico-focused Avino Silver & Gold Mines outlines the company’s plans to transform from a junior mining company to an intermediate producer, tripling its production in five years….
The View from England: Gold at 550-year high
At the third time of asking, gold seems set to break decisively through the psychologically important barrier of US$2,000 ($2,686) per ounce. More importantly, the precious metal has matched an…
Exclusive video: Investor Rick Rule on why silver markets defy predictions
Rick Rule, CEO of Rule Investment Media discusses how a better understanding of silver market dynamics and its industrial uses can help investors make fact-based decisions. Rule spoke with Mining.com…
Glencore reopens Peru copper mine with extra security
Antapaccay, one of Peru’s largest mines,on Jan. 31 with “increased security” after some of the protests waned.
Exclusive video: Drilling for high-grade lead, zinc and silver with Western Alaska Minerals
Kit Marrs, co-founder and CEO of Western Alaska Minerals, spoke with Northern Miner Staff Writer Henry Lazenby at AME BC Roundup in January. They discuss the company’s Waterpump Creek project in western…
Filo’s longest copper cuts in Argentina boost takeover appeal
Filo Mining’s (TSX: FIL; OTC: FLMMF) “impressive” drill results showing the longest interval yet from its Filo del Sol project in Argentina’s high Andes could make the company a buy-out…
Exclusive AME Roundup video: GR Silver Mining’s Marcio Fonseca
Marcio Fonseca, president and COO of Mexico-focused explorer GR Silver Mining, spoke with Northern Miner Staff Writer Henry Lazenby at AME BC Roundup in January. They discuss the company’s recent discovery at…
MMG shuts Las Bambas copper mine amid Peru protests
China-backed miner MMG Ltd has placed its vast Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, the world’s second largest producing nation of the metal, on care and maintenance due to ongoing…
US markets post gains over Jan. 23-27 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 602.59 points or 1.81% to finish the Jan. 23-27 trading week at 33,978.08 and the S&P 500 rose 97.95 points or 2.47% to 4,070.56….
TSX moves higher during Jan. 23-27 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 211.3 points or 1.03% to finish the Jan. 23-27 trading week at 20,714.50. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.35 points or 0.29% to 120.80…
TSX Venture edges lower during Jan. 23-27 trading
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index was little changed over the Jan. 23-27 trading period, losing 1.8 points to end at 622.01. American Lithium gained 64¢ a share during the week,…