TSX Venture rises, Dec. 7-11
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 1.46% (11.19 points) to finish the Dec. 7-11 trading week at 780.30. Spot gold dropped US$24.50 per oz. (1.31%) to US$1,839.50 per ounce. Shares…
Zinc-Lead
NorZinc drilling at Prairie Creek hits high grade silver, zinc
NorZinc (TSX:NXC; OTCQB:NORZF) has received the final assays from surface drill hole PC-20-225, and the results indicate high grades of both silver and zinc. Beginning at a depth of 525.6…
Base metals prices forecast to rise sharply in 2021, less so in 2022
As the world’s economies start to pick up following the impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic, CPM Group’s director of commodities and asset management Carlos Sanchez expects base metals markets to return…
Sierra metals announces results of expansion PEA for Mexican mine
Sierra Metals (TSX:SMT; BVL:SMT; NYSE American:SMTS) has announced the results of the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for expansion of its Cusi underground silver-lead mine in Mexico’s Chihuahua state. At 1,200…
Osisko Metals reports drill results from Pine Point
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) has released drill results from its 100%-owned Pine Point lead-zinc project in the Northwest Territories, about 60 km east of Hay River. Highlights from the…
HighGold plans to ‘make hay while the sun shines’ at Johnson Tract in Alaska
HighGold Mining (TSXV: HIGH; US-OTC: HGGOF) has released the latest results from its 2020 drill program at its flagship Johnson Tract (JT) poly-metallic project in Alaska, about 200 km southwest of…
Fresnillo, Mag Silver on track at Juanicipio
Although the processing plant at their Juanicipio mine won’t be completed until next year, partners Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) and Mag Silver (TSX: MAG; NYSE-MAG) were able to declare first production…
Southwest US snapshot: Eight companies active in the region
The southwestern United States has a long-standing history of mining and remains one of the nation’s top mineral regions. With existing infrastructure, an established regulatory and permitting regime and prospective…
Adriatic Metals secures US$28M financing package
Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT2; ASX: ADT) has signed agreements to raise US$28 million from two new investors – Queen’s Road Capital Investment and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development…
Atalaya acquires Masa Valverde polymetallic project in Spain
Atalaya Mining (TSX: AYM; LSE: ATYM) is acquiring the Masa Valverde polymetallic project in Spain for a total of €1.4 million (US$1.7 million) in cash from a private vendor. The…
HighGold drills Johnson Tract polymetallic project in Alaska
HighGold Mining (TSXV: HIGH; US-OTC: HGGOF) has reported additional drill results from its 15,000-metre drill program on its flagship Johnson Tract polymetallic project in southcentral Alaska, 15km west of Tuxedni Bay…
Osisko Metals drills high-grade zinc-lead at Pine Point
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) has released assay results for four holes completed at the Central zone, around the O53 deposit, within its past-producing Pine Point zinc and lead project in…