Mexico and Central America


Processing facilities at Endeavour Silver's El Cubo silver mine in Guanajuato, Mexico.  Credit:  Endeavour Silver

Endeavour Silver adjusts to low silver prices

VANCOUVER — Silver prices are sitting around a five-year low after a precipitous fall. And that has changed the business environment for Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) and other like-minded, mid-tier miners.



Pershimco Resources'  Cerro Quema gold project in southwestern Panama. Credit: Pershimco Resources

Pershimco advances Cerro Quema in Panama

Pershimco Resources’ (TSXV: PRO; US-OTC: RSPRF) Cerro Quema gold project in southwestern Panama is on track to start production in late 2016, and in its first full year of operation, it could be the Central American country’s…



An adit at Condor Gold's historic La India gold project in Nicaragua. Credit: Condor Gold

Explorers enjoy the blue-sky in Nicaragua

VANCOUVER — Epithermal gold deposits tend to form in clusters that mimic the spacing of active volcanoes, and they typically go hand-in-hand with gold-copper porphyry deposits, polymetallic skarns and other intrusion-related systems.


Cangold's Guadalupe de los Reyes gold-silver project in Sinaloa, Mexico. Credit: Cangold

Great Panther to snatch Cangold for $1.7M

Mexican-focused producer Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR) is buying Cangold (TSXV: CLD; US-OTC: CGLJF) primarily to get its paws on the Guadalupe de los Reyes (GDLR) gold-silver project in Sinaloa state, in an all-share deal worth $1.7 million.


U.S. equities gain, Feb. 16-20

U.S. stocks rose after the Greek government secured a four-month extension to its debt bailout package, pushing the S&P 500 Index up 0.7% to close at 2,110.30, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.6% to 18,140.44, its highest…


Drillers at Guerrero Ventures'Biricu gold property in southwestern Mexico's Guerrero Gold Belt. Credit: Guerrero Ventures

Guerrero on the discovery trail at Biricu

VANCOUVER — It’s early days for explorer Guerrero Ventures (TSXV: GV; US-OTC: GVXNF) at its 410 sq. km Biricu property in the emerging Guerrero Gold Belt (GGB) of southwestern Mexico, but the company has strong technical pedigree…


The mill at Primero Mining's Black Fox gold mine near Timmins, Ontario. Credit: Primero Mining

Primero eyes more production, lower costs in 2015

Primero Mining (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) forecasts better prospects in 2015 after a troublesome 2014, when it recorded an 89% drop in adjusted profit, despite meeting its full-year production guidance.


Rocks travel on a conveyor at Coeur Mining's mill at its Kensington gold mine in Alaska. Credit: Coeur Mining

Coeur takes US$1B writedown in 2014

Coeur Mining (TSX: CDM; NYSE: CDE), the largest U.S.-based silver producer, reported a wider net loss for 2014 as it took a US$1-billion after-tax writedown in the fourth quarter, following weaker silver and gold prices.



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