Green bonds grow as financing option
Green bonds are a rising source of funding as project developers widen their search for financing beyond stock markets, according to a panel at a New York mining conference. There…
Mexico and Central America
Southern Silver study ups Mexico project NPV, mine life
An updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Southern Silver Exploration’s (TSXV: SSV) Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico shows improved economics and added 2.6 years to the mine life. The…
Pink sea pigs, transparent sea cucumbers discovered in area targeted by deep-sea miners
A Pacific research expedition found transparent sea cucumbers, bowl-shaped sponges and pink sea pigs among other species in the same area where The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) wants to harvest polymetallic…
Calibre expects Q2 output drop after pit wall slide, maintains full-year guidance
Calibre Mining‘s (TSX: CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) shares closed unchanged on Wednesday after falling 4% the day before when it said second-quarter gold production will decline following a partial wall collapse…
New technocrat Mexican leader unlikely pro-mining even as she replaces ‘whim and bombast’
Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, won Mexico’s election to become the country’s first female leader and is expected to continue the anti-mining policies of outgoing President Andres Manuel López Obrador. …
China’s solar panel surge powers silver price
Silver has broken through a mental price barrier to its highest level in more than a decade, driven in part by China’s surging solar panel industry and investor demand, analysts…
Gold and Silver Snapshot: Eight companies combing the globe for the precious metals
Gold and silver have played an important role in society for centuries, and in more recent years, the green energy transition has fuelled demand for silver. Here’s a list of…
Underwater power play for metals in full swing
Despite its stranglehold on mining and processing, there’s one arena of critical minerals that China doesn’t control – underwater resources. No one does, as deep sea mining has yet to…
Panama completes process of mining concession cancellations
The law was passed in November 2023 in response to the protests against First Quantum Minerals’ Cobre Panama new contract.
Video: Resource Capital Funds partner on how juniors can survive the capital crunch
Private equity brings countercyclical investment strategies that can be a lifeline for junior explorers and miners in a down market, Resource Capital Funds partner and head of credit David Halkyard…
Orla Mining threatens arbitration in Panama
Canada’s Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) may take Panama to an arbitration court following the government’s rejection of a permit extension for the three mining concessions in the Cerro…
Mexico’s Supreme Court could strike down president’s mining reforms next week
Once a popular destination for Canadian explorers, Mexico’s recent mining reforms are driving away investment — even as a looming Supreme Court decision is likely to toss out the new…