Chesapeake Mulls Options At Metates
VANCOUVER — Armed with long mineralized intercepts and a new metallurgical plan for a big gold-silver deposit in Mexico, Chesapeake Gold (CKG-V) is pushing ahead with exploration and development plan…
Mexico and Central America
Silver Spruce And The ‘Silver Bonanza’ Puzzle
Silver Spruce Resources (SSE-V, SSEBF-O) has learned through experience in Mexico that silver solder is routinely used in diamond drill bits and that destruction of these bits, especially if water cir…
Nayarit Hunts High Grade At Orion
SITE VISIT ANIMAS, MEXICO — Nayarit Gold’s (NYG-V, NYRTF-O) vice-president of exploration, Hall Stewart, would love to go chasing veins on the company’s 1,120-sq.-km Orion property in Mexico. “The district…
Impact intercepts 4,200 grams silver
Vancouver – As Impact Silver (IPT-V) announces results of a 54-hole drill campaign at the Capire target o…
Nagging court case settled for Farallon
Farallon Resources (FAN-T) is generating positive news despite being a base metal producer in a slumping metals m…
Kootenay steps out at Promontorio
Vancouver – Over the past two years Kootenay Gold (KTN-V) has had a tightly focused drill program at the Pit zone o…
Yamana Gold makes headway in Mexico, Brazil
It was just four months ago that Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-n, YAU-l) was trading in Toronto at the very bottom of its…
First Majestic: Bulk of $25M financing to fund La Encantada expansion
Vancouver – With its share price on the rebound and solid silver production in 2008 First Majestic Silver (FR-T, FR…
Study gives Creston Moly project NPV of US$502.9 million
A new prefeasibility study for Creston Moly’s (CMS-V) project of the same name in Sonora, Mexico, says a 40,000-ton…
Geologix’s loss is Silver Standard’s gain
Unable to get its hands on the money it needed, Geologix Explorations (GIX-T, GXEFX-O) must walk away from a projec…
Vale Builds Its Fleet — Spends US$171M On New Tugboats And Barges
Brazilian mining giant Vale (RIO-N) has signed a contract with three major Brazilian shipyards worth US$171.1 million, to build up the company’s fleet.
Century Mining Digs Up $66M Financing
Century Mining (CMM-V, CMNZF-O) has joined a growing group of mining companies trying to weather the financial storm through alternative financing solutions.