Glencore to sell 23% stake in Peruvian miner Volcan
Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has kicked off a sale process for its 23% stake in Peruvian zinc and silver miner Volcan. Delivering 2022 results, the Swiss company…
Silver
Video: Developing Southern Silver’s Las Minitas silver-lead-zinc project
Robert MacDonald, vice-president exploration for Southern Silver Corp. discusses the flagship Las Minitas silver-lead-zinc project in western Mexico and its recent preliminary economic assessment. MacDonald spoke with Northern Miner staff…
Fortuna on track for African gold while riding out Mexican standoff, Peru protests
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) is pushing through a deadlock with Mexican authorities and the worst riots in Peru in decades without cutting production, even as it remains…
JV Article: NGEx Minerals steps up search for the Andes’ next giant metal district
The push for renewable energy and the electrification of road transport systems worldwide has many observers casting a worrying eye on potential supply constraints in copper markets. Vancouver-based junior NGEx…
Trilogy’s Arctic feasibility update reveals slightly weaker economics
Alaska-focused developer Trilogy Metals (TSX: TMQ; NYSE-AM: TMQ) has released an updated feasibility study for its Arctic copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold project in the Ambler mining district, outlining slightly weaker economics amid an…
Bluejay Mining pulls demerger plan, aims to raise US$6M
Explorer and developer Bluejay Mining (LSE: JAY) said on Tuesday it would not spin off its battery and critical metals exploration subsidiary Disko Exploration, as previously announced. Executive chairperson Robert Edwards, who…
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…
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…