Zinc-Lead

TSX inches up, June 22-26

Canada’s benchmark index added 1% to finish at 14,808.09, despite concerns rising over the Greek debt crisis. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index, however, slipped 0.8% to 695.56. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index…



A worker watches the first load of concentrate from Hudbay Minerals' Constancia copper-moly-gold-silver mine leave for China from Peru. Credit: Hudbay Minerals

Hudbay hits commercial production at Constancia

Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has stayed on course with its ambitious growth plans over the last five years, bringing online three new mines, with the latest being the large Constancia copper-molybdenum-gold-silver mine in Peru.


Drillers at Golden Arrow Resources Chinchillas silver-lead-zinc property in Argentina. Credit: Golden Arrow Resources

Golden Arrow forges ahead with feasibility at Chinchillas

VANCOUVER — It’s tough times for junior exploration, but Golden Arrow Resources (TSXV: GRG: US-OTC: GARWF) has persevered at its flagship Chinchillas silver-lead-zinc property, 280 km from San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina. With…


TSX ends in the red, May 11-15

Canada’s main stock index retreated during the trading week. The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.4% to 15,108.12. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index dropped 1.4% to 794.05, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold…



TSX slides, May 4-8

Poor jobs data and a decline in energy stocks after the New Democratic Party majority win in Alberta sent the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 1.1% to 15,170.02. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 2.8% to 805.08,…


U.S. stocks drop, April 27-May 1

U.S. equities fell  after being tripped up by  soft economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 56.08 points to 18,024.06, and the S&P 500 Index slipped 9.4 points to 2,108.29. The Nasdaq retreated 86.69 points to…


Capstone Mining's  Minto mine in the Yukon.  Photo by Gwen Preston.

Capstone ends Q1 in the red

Copper producer Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) widens its loss in the first quarter of 2015 due to impairments at the Pinto Valley mine in Arizona and the Minto mine in the Yukon.  


Wall Street gains, April 20-24

U.S. equities swung back into the positive territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 1.4% to 18,080.14 points and the S&P 500 Index added 1.8% to 2,117.69. The Nasdaq rose 3.2% to 5,092.08. The gold price, however, fell US$15.30…


A drill site at Foran Mining's McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper-gold-silver project in Saskatchewan's Hanson Lake camp.   Credit: Foran Mining

Foran finds promising results at the Hanson Lake camp

Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM; US-OTC: FMCXF) has wrapped up the first round of drilling this year on two deposits near its flagship McIlvenna Bay project in Saskatchewan’s Hanson Lake camp, to see if it could delineate more resources near the…



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