Zinc-Lead


A weak quarter, but strong year for Silvercorp

Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVM-N) reported a weak fourth-quarter profit, mainly due to resources spent fighting fraud allegations launched by a group of short sellers, but overall reported a strong fiscal 2012 and expects higher production from…



Sunridge unveils Asmara North hybrid mine plan

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based junior Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) successfully merged four-polymetallic deposits at its Asmara North project in Eritrea, Africa, into a centralized-mill mine model for a feasibility study, it released in early…


VMS Ventures looking to repeat Reed success

VANCOUVER — Manitoba’s Flin Flon greenstone belt has been yielding high-grade copper and zinc from its volcanogenic massive sulphide ore bodies for almost 85 years, but VMS Ventures (VMS-V) thinks there’s lots of…


Boleo cost increase triggers Baja share sell-off

VANCOUVER — Markets have recently demonstrated that when cost optics or feasibilities suddenly shift on an advance-stage mining project, the company in question will inevitably face investor-driven wrath. So the story goes for…


Cinco de Mayo doesn’t disappoint for MAG Silver

Drill results from Cinco de Mayo, 190 km north of Chihuahua City in Mexico, indicate continuous mineralization over a 400-metre dip length with mineralization remaining open downdip and along strike, MAG Silver (MAG-T, MVG-X) reports.


Tin and silver — the new electric metals

Historic high prices for tin and silver are in the cards between now and 2018 as demand for the two metals in solder used in the electronics industry continues to climb and supply fails to keep pace, Jon Hykawy, head of global research at Byron…


Continental rebounds on Buritica results

Continental Gold (CNL-T) has released high-grade assays on 13 drill holes collared on its fully owned Buritica gold-silver-zinc property in Antioquia, Colombia. 


Cinco de Mayo doesn’t disappoint for MAG Silver

Drill results from Cinco de Mayo, 190 km north of the city of Chihuahua in Mexico, indicate continuous mineralization over a 400-metre dip length with mineralization remaining open down dip and along strike, MAG Silver (MAG-T, MVG-X) reports.


Tahoe looks to next milestones at Escobal

Vancouver – Controlling one of the world’s richest silver deposits, Tahoe Resources (THO-T) is looking towards another year of milestones as it works to put its Escobal project in Guatemala into production.


At El Nino Ventures' Murray Brook polymetallic project in New Brunswick, from left: executive vice-president of exploration Bill Stone; chairman and CEO Harry Barr; and vice-president of exploration Ali Alizadeh. Photo by El Nino Ventures

El Nino Ventures posts new resource in New Brunswick

An initial resource estimate for the Murray Brook polymetallic massive sulphide deposit in New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp has confirmed the property’s historical resource — but with better grades — and confirms…


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