Vangold to mine historic stockpiles at El Pinguico
Vangold Mining (TSXV: VAN; US-OTC: VGLDF) hopes to reactivate production at the historic El Pinguico gold mine, which operated more than a hundred years ago outside Guanajuato City, Mexico. The…
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Orla to buy Camino Rojo from Goldcorp for $35M
VANCOUVER — Orla Mining (TSXV: OLA; US-OTC: ORRLF) may have scored a “fire-sale” deal on Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) Camino Rojo gold-silver project that lies 50 km southeast of Goldcorp’s…
Eloro secures foothold in popular Peruvian gold belt
The North Central Mineral Belt of Peru is well-known for the gold mines that dot its landscape, from South America’s largest gold mine, Yanacocha, owned by Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM)…
MAG Silver’s low-risk Juanicipio gets wider at depth
George Paspalas has spent the last 30 years building and operating complex open-pit and underground mines in South Africa, Tanzania, Australia, South America and Canada for the likes of Placer…
MAG Silver, Fresnillo strengthen Juanicipio’s potential
VANCOUVER — MAG Silver (TSX: MAG; NYSE-MKT: MVG) and 56% joint-venture partner Fresnillo (LSE: FRES; US-OTC: FNLPF), have intersected wide intervals of high-grade silver mineralization beneath the existing resource at their Juanicipio…
PDAC 2015: Greg McCoach’s firms to watch in 2015
Newsletter writer Greg McCoach of the Mining Speculator is sharing a number of quality names that he believes are worth looking at, despite the current downturn in the resource market, in part due to the strong U.S. dollar.
Fresnillo, MAG bolster Juanicipio resource with new zone
VANCOUVER — A new mineralization body underneath the known silver zone could add years of mine life to the planned underground operation at the Juanicipio project in Mexico.
Defiance Silver takes steady steps at San Acacio
ZACATECAS, MEXICO — Defiance Silver (TSXV: DEF; US-OTC: DNCVF) is determined to beat the odds and secure the funds it needs to bring the San Acacio project — containing the past-producing San Acacio silver mine and the Santa…
Mexico’s mining tax causes concern
A proposed 7.5% mining tax on companies in Mexico and as much as 8% on those extracting precious metals is creating uncertainty in the industry about investing in a country that until now has been thought of as one of the world’s most…
Riverside, Hochschild forge alliance
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based project-generator Riverside Resources (RRI-V) is adding to its partnerships in Mexico with a $2.5-million alliance with London-based precious-metal producer Hochschild Mining (HOC-L).
Four muy caliente silver stock picks
To discern the winners from a crowded field of companies holding mines and development projects in Mexico, The Northern Miner asked two mining analysts, Nicholas Campbell of Canaccord Genuity and Christos Doulis of Stonecap…