Agnico’s Pinos Altos shines in Q2
With record gold production, the Pinos Altos mine stood out from the lot at Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) for the second quarter.
Mexico and Central America
Joe Conway to lead combined Northgate and Primero
Only a year after Joe Conway took the helm at Primero Mining (P-T), the former Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) president and CEO is set for another big change.
Soltoro hits more high-grade silver in new zone
Soltoro (SOL-V) has released several high-grade silver hits from the newly discovered Soledad zone at its El Rayo silver project in central Mexico, one week after reporting a bulk-tonnage resource estimate on the project.
[Update] Soltoro hits more high-grade silver, gains $4.5M from Coeur d’Alene
Vancouver — Soltoro (SOL-V) has released several high-grade silver hits from the newly discovered Soledad zone at its El Rayo silver project in central Mexico, one week after reporting a bulk-tonnage resource estimate on the project.
Baja Mining’s Boleo worth the wait
John Greenslade is probably one of the most tenacious – and brilliant – chief executives in the junior mining world.
Anfield gets hard numbers for Mayaniquel project
Vancouver – Two years after making a bet on Guatemalan saprolite, Anfield Nickel (ANF-V) has some hard numbers clarifying the wisdom of the venture with its first preliminary economic assessment on the Mayaniquel project.
Peregrine Metals’ shares spike on acquisition news
Peregrine Metals (pgm-t) saw its shares surge more than 250% after U.S. platinum giant Stillwater Mining (swc-n) agreed to pay US$487.1 million for the junior and its large, yet undeveloped copper-gold project in Argentina.
Baja Mining’s Boleo project is worth waiting for
Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur–John Greenslade is probably one of the most tenacious–and brilliant–chief executives in the junior mining world.
First resource for Levon’s Cordero
After completing close to 70,000 metres of drilling over 160 core holes, Levon Resources (LVN-V) has released an initial bulk tonnage resource on its Cordero silver-gold-zinc-lead project in northern Mexico.
Fortuna Silver updates San Jose
Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T) started building its San Jose underground silver-gold mine 47 km south of the city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico in the second quarter of 2010. Now, the company says it can increase the start-up production rate from…
Agnico-Eagle buys 18.6% of Mexico-focused Colibri
Major Canadian gold miner Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) has acquired 6 million shares and 4 million warrants of Colibri Resources (CBI-V), a junior explorer based in Nanaimo, B.C., looking for gold and polymetallic mineralization in…
Golden Minerals, ECU to hook up
Colorado-headquartered miner Golden Minerals (AUM-T, AUNM-X) and Toronto-based ECU Silver Mining (ECU-T) agreed to merge to create a new silver mining company focused mainly in Mexico and Argentina.