South32 offers US$1.3B for Arizona Mining
After taking an initial 15% stake in junior zinc developer Arizona Mining (TSX: AZ) in April 2017 for US$81 million and boosting it to 17% over the next year for…
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Central America Snapshot: Seven juniors advance gold, silver and zinc assets
While often overshadowed by larger mining countries to the north and south, Central America is an enticing destination for mineral explorers and developers interested not only in the region’s gold…
Fireweed Zinc advances Macmillan Pass in Yukon
Fireweed Zinc (TSXV: FWC; US-OTC: FWEDF) could leverage open-pit mining to fund underground development at its 470 sq. km Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in the Yukon, according to its new…
Ascendant turns around El Mochito
Since Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND; US-OTC: ASDRF) acquired the El Mochito zinc-lead-silver mine from Nyrstar for just US$500,000 in December 2016, the company has increased production 81% and cut costs…
Millbrook pens exploration contract with Cuban gov’t
In late April, privately held Millbrook Minerals became the first copper-zinc explorer to sign an International Economic Association (IEA) contract with Cuban state mining company GeoMinera. The document permits Millbrook…
Nevsun rejects $1.5B Euro Sun, Lundin Mining proposal
Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-AM: NSU) is rejecting an unsolicited proposal by Euro Sun Mining (TSX: ESM) and Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN) that it says lacks adequate value and has…
Discovery Metals samples historic Zaragosa mine
Discovery Metals (TSXV: DSV) has fielded results for 100 new channel samples taken from the historic Zaragoza zinc-silver-lead mine on its 300 sq. km Puerto Rico polymetallic property in northern…
Osisko Metals on a mission of resource conversion at Pine Point
Just three days after Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM) closed the $34-million acquisition of Pine Point Mining, it announced it had kicked off a 50,000-metre drill program at the historic Pine…
Southern Silver dropping first holes into CLM West claims
In the coming months, Southern Silver Exploration (TSXV: SSV; US-OTC: SSVFF) will drill up to 13,000 metres at its 265 sq. km Cerro Las Minitas (CLM) polymetallic silver project, 70…
Connemara completes maiden zinc resource in Ireland
The Republic of Ireland is one of the largest zinc producers in Europe and its base metal deposits have drawn some of the biggest names in the mining business —…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 99: Rusal sanctions sow chaos in aluminum markets
This episode is all about base metals, with the latest developments in iron ore, copper and zinc. But the biggest news of all is the imposition of sanctions by the…
Group Eleven drills for zinc in Ireland
Newly public Group Eleven Resources (TSXV: ZNG) has started drilling its 60%-owned Ballinalack zinc property, 50 km west of Boliden’s (STO: BOL; US-OTC: BDNNF) Navan zinc mine in the Republic…