Endeavour Silver’s production rebounds
VANCOUVER — Mexico-focused producer Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) has benefitted from a bounceback in production over the past three months, as the company saw both its silver and gold output jump.
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TSX Venture Exchange, Oct. 7-11
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 2.7%, or 26 points, before closing the trading week at 929.37 points. Metal and energy futures struggled as markets kept an eye on the U.S. debt impasse. Meanwhile, trade data out of China showed…
WCB unveils multi-million ounce gold-silver deposit
VANCOUVER — Things look to be heating up for junior explorer WCB Resources (TSXV: WCB) on the small island of Misima, 630 km southeast of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The company has laid low for nearly a year, but it seems to have…
Sabina’s Back River PFS leans on open pits
VANCOUVER — It’s a humbler market environment for mine developers, and Vancouver-based Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB) looks to have taken that into account with a more modest prefeasibility study (PFS) of its Back River gold…
Metals, mining and money markets
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Silver Wheaton thrives during tough times
After pretty much inventing the precious-metal-stream business back in 2004, Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has noticed the landscape getting more crowded.
Tech sector is key to Graphite One’s plan
VANCOUVER — North America needs lots of it, but doesn’t produce any. It is integral to a raft of important new technologies, from lithium-ion batteries to pebble-bed nuclear reactors. It is also the raw ingredient behind graphene,…
Timis’ African Minerals moves fast in Sierra Leone
African Minerals (LSE: AMI) has accomplished a lot in four years, moving its flagship Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone from exploration to production, and achieving its target export run rate of 20 million tonnes per year during the…
Pretium moves forward despite Strathcona’s exit
Shares of Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) plunged 30.5% on Oct. 9 after Strathcona Mineral Services withdrew from the high-grade Brucejack gold-silver project in northwestern B.C.
When is the right time for a PEA of an exploration project?
For today’s risk-averse mining investor, there is a level of comfort that comes from a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) that affects an exploration project’s success or failure. As a technical document, it is a tool for…
Northcliff secures Kiwi partner for Sisson in NB
Northcliff Resources (TSX: NCF; US-OTC: NCFFF) is enjoying a boost in its share price after securing a financial partner to help advance its $579-million Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in central New Brunswick, 100 km northwest of…
Platinum Group Metals hits milestone
After discovering the Waterberg deposit in South Africa in 2011, Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM; NYSE-MKT: PLG) has expanded the project’s inferred resource three times in just one year: from 6.2 million oz. platinum, palladium and gold…