Zinc-Lead


Material on a conveyor at Aurcana's La Negra silver mine in Mexico's Queretaro state, 180 km north of Mexico City. Credit: Aurcana

Aurcana improves operations at La Negra

VANCOUVER — It’s all about boosting near-term liquidity for silver producer Aurcana (TSXV: AUN; US-OTC: AUNFF) as it grapples with a high debt load and falling metal prices. On Dec. 1 the company released its…



Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and commodity market specialist at Scotiabank.

Scotiabank’s Patricia Mohr looks ahead to 2015

Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics and commodity market specialist at Scotiabank in Toronto, will release her metal price forecasts for 2015 in her annual year-end report at the end of December. But she agreed to share some of her…






The Higabra Valley access tunnel at Continental Gold's Buritica gold project in Colombia. Credit: Continental Gold

Continental Gold beats the odds in Colombia

Toronto-based explorer Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) is closer to developing a commercial-scale underground gold-silver mine in northwestern Colombia, with at least one analyst cheering on the progress.


Workers on a jumbo in Scorpio Mining's Nuestra Senora silver-zinc-copper-lead mine in Sinaloa, Mexico.  Credit: Scorpio Mining

Scorpio and US Silver & Gold prepare to merge

VANCOUVER — Scorpio Mining (TSX: SPM; US-OTC: SMNPF) and U.S. Silver & Gold (TSX: USA; US-OTC: USGIF) plan to join their businesses in a merger of equals that could create a leading junior silver producer in the Americas.


TSX stays strong, Nov. 17-21

The S&P/TSX Composite Index gained for the sixth straight week, moving up 286.03 points to 15,111.13. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index added 5.67 points to 153.41, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index climbed…


Drill core from Foran Mining's flagship McIlvenna Bay polymetallic project.  Credit: Foran Mining

Foran’s positive PEA at McIlvenna Bay

Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM) has touched a milestone at its flagship McIlvenna Bay project in east-central Saskatchewan, with the completion of a promising preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the zinc-copper-gold-silver volcanogenic massive…


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