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…
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Aurania Resources finds more copper at Lost Cities–Cutucu
Gold-oriented Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) is finding as much copper as gold in the early innings of exploration at its Lost Cities–Cutucu project in southeastern Ecuador. In January the junior…
United States Snapshot: Ten companies with projects on the go in the USA
Mining and mineral exploration in the U.S. has been on an uptick in recent years, thanks to higher gold and silver prices, and an easing in some regulatory burdens. Here’s…
Ascendant doubles resource of Lagoa Salgada in Portugal
Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND; US-OTC: ASDRF) has nearly doubled the number of tonnes at both its North and South deposits, part of the Lagoa Salgada polymetallic project in Portugal’s Iberian…
Casa poised to progress Keaper and Pitman polymetallic projects
Casa Minerals (TSXV: CASA) has optioned its Keaper polymetallic project — 15 km northeast of Terrace, B.C., less than 5 km from the company’s flagship Pitman polymetallic project — to…
Glencore expects higher copper production in 2019
Commodities giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) has reported production figures for 2018 and confirmed 2019 guidance that implies a 14%-year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent production. Copper production reached 1.45 million tonnes in…
Osisko Metals releases more high-grade drill results from Pine Point
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM) has released new drill results from its high-grade, large tonnage and near-surface Pine Point zinc-lead deposit on the south shore of Great Slave Lake in the…
Great Panther Silver boosts resource at Topia mine in Mexico
Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE American: GPL) has increased the measured and indicated resource at its Topia silver-gold-lead-zinc mine in Mexico’s Durango state to nearly 15 million silver-equivalent ounces….
Goldcorp expects higher production in 2019
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) expects to produce more silver, zinc, lead and gold equivalent ounces in 2019 compared to 2018. The company, which is currently merging with Newmont (NYSE:…
TSX posts marginal gain, Jan. 21-25: Royal Nickel, Endeavour Mining, SSR and Barrick
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.41% to 15,366.05. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 1.71% to 68.54, while the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index fell 1.03% to 107.44. Spot gold…
Pacific Bay drills Haskins-Reed polymetallic project in BC
Pacific Bay Minerals (TSXV: PBM) has extended the Meteor Boot zone 20 metres southeast at its Haskins-Reed polymetallic project in northern B.C. with a recent seven hole, 448-metre drill program….
Slower growth weighs on base metals but constructive for gold, CIBC says
The negative effects of trade disputes on global growth this year will push down demand for base metals and steel-making commodities, while the economic uncertainty will drive gold prices higher,…