US markets down, March 18-22: Vale, Wheaton Precious Metals and Franco-Nevada
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.34% to finish the trading week at 25,502.32, and the S&P 500 Index lost 0.77% to end the week at 2,800.71. Spot gold rose…
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TSX Venture rises, March 18-22: Macarthur, Luminex and Mirasol
Shares of Macarthur Minerals rose 100% to 10¢. The company signed a life-of-mine offtake agreement to sell Glencore International iron ore that could be produced from Macarthur’s Lake Giles iron…
Bluestone hits more high-grade near Cerro Blanco in Guatemala
An infill drill program designed to upgrade inferred resources at Bluestone Resources‘ (TSXV: BSR; US-OTC: BBSRF) Cerro Blanco project in Guatemala has returned intercepts of 201.4 grams gold per tonne…
Skeena grows resource at Eskay Creek
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) has tabled an updated resource estimate for its Eskay Creek gold project in northwestern British Columbia, divided between pit constrained and underground mining scenarios….
Fortuna Silver backs Medgold’s Tlamino project in Serbia
Medgold Resources (TSXV: MED; US-OTC: MGLDF) will drill 5,000 metres at its Tlamino gold project in southern Serbia in 2019, fully funded by Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI). Fortuna can…
Continental tables resource for Buritica’s BMZ1 in Colombia
Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) has announced a discrete resource estimate for the Broad Mineralized Zone 1 (BMZ1) in the central-west portion of the Yaragua system at its Buritica…
Kinross takes 9.7% stake in Wolfden
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has acquired 12.5 million shares of Wolfden Resources (TSXV: WLF) at 20¢ each for $2.5 million, resulting in a 9.7% stake in the junior…
Sandspring rethinks Toroparu in Guyana
Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) is putting the finishing touches on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Toroparu gold project in Guyana that rescopes the project’s prefeasibility study…
Toachi advances La Plata project in Ecuador
Toachi Mining (TSXV: TIM) is trenching its Guatuza gold-copper target at its La Plata volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Ecuador. It plans to drill Guatuza in the second half…
Apex confirms gold anomaly at Ore Hill in BC
Apex Resources (TSXV: APX; US-OTC) has confirmed a 1.5 km by 150-metre gold in soil anomaly at its Ore Hill gold property near Salmo, B.C., after compiling historic and modern…
Silvercrest upgrades Las Chipas ahead of PEA
Silvercrest Metals (TSXV: SIL; NYSE: SILV) has upgraded the resource at its Las Chispas silver-gold property in Sonora, Mexico, to the indicated category for the first time. The project now…
Salazar Resources set to dust off neglected portfolio
After riding out a decade of political and market instability, Ecuador-focused junior Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) has emerged with funds and a new focus to explore its portfolio of early-stage…