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Tahoe Resources' Escobal silver project in Guatemala. Source: Tahoe Resources

Tahoe secures US$50 million credit facility

Chief executive Kevin McArthur of Tahoe Resources (THO-T, TAHO-N) says the company expects to start commissioning the mill at its Escobal silver project in Guatemala in the second half of this year and has received a US$50 million secured…


Roxgold's Yaramoko gold project in Burkina Faso. Source: Roxgold

Roxgold advances Yaramoko

Pierre Vaillancourt of Macquarie Equities Research has initiated coverage of Roxgold (ROG-V) with an outperform rating and a 12-month target price of $1.50 per share—200% higher than its current trading price of 50¢.


SilverCrest's Santa Elena project in Sonora, Mexico. Source: SilverCrest Mines

SilverCrest bulks up Santa Elena

SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, SVLC-X) has increased probable reserves of silver by 103% and of gold by 50% at its flagship Santa Elena mine, 150 km northeast of Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico. Indicated resources of silver have grown by 127% and gold…


TSX Venture Exchange, May 20-24

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index inched upwards in the four-day week following the Victoria Day long weekend, adding 13.64 points, or 1.5%, to end at 948.32. Trading volumes for the period were down, averaging 53.5 million trades per…



Nevsun optimistic about new zone near Bisha

VANCOUVER — Drills probing the Northwest zone, a satellite zone 1.2 km from Nevsun Resources’ (NSU-T, NSU-N) operating Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, are finding high-grade gold, copper and zinc — just not all in the same place.


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Editorial: HD on its feet after a tumble

Another chapter closed in the HD Mining International saga, with HD celebrating a win in the federal courts against two B.C. unions who had tried to thwart the junior developer’s efforts to import Chinese workers to take a bulk…


Kootenay adds gold to Promontorio resource

VANCOUVER — Kootenay Silver (KTN-V) always knew there was gold alongside the silver at its flagship Promontorio project in Sonora, Mexico, but without proof the gold was economically recoverable, the company had to exclude the yellow…


Lucara sells diamonds for $25M

Lucara Diamond (LUC-T) has raked in more revenue than expected from its first special diamond sale for its Karowe diamond mine in Botswana.


U.S. markets, May 20-24

For the first week since mid-April, U.S. stock indexes were dragged lower — driven down by worries that the Federal Reserve is planning to taper off its stimulus program and nagging concerns about growth in China. The Dow Jones…



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