Mexico and Central America

Protesters outside the the Exchange Tower in Toronto during Excellon Resources' annual general meeting. Photo by Salma Tarikh.

Excellon seeks sunnier days in Mexico

Shareholders of Excellon Resources (EXN-T) appeared unimpressed at the company’s recent annual general meeting (AGM) in Toronto, with many urging the producer to get to the root of the community and labour issues that have dogged the…


Argonaut Gold's La Colorada gold mine in Sonora, Mexico. Source: Argonaut Gold

Argonaut unveils Veta Madre resource at La Colorada

The La Colorada deposit in Sonora Mexico has come a long way since Jesuit missionaries first staked the ground and mined the Minas Prietas zone in the mid-1700s. From 1860 to 1914 the deposit was mined from underground (production was shut…


The processing plant at First Majestic Silver's Del Toro silver mine in Mexico. Source: First Majestic Silver

First Majestic to join top-tier silver miners

First Majestic Silver (FR-T, AG-N) is eyeing senior producer status as it expands Del Toro — its fifth silver mine in Mexico — and improves operations at its four other mines in the country to drive its annual silver production…


Processing facilities at Yamana's Chapada open pit gold-copper mine, located in Brazil. Credit: Yamana Gold.

Yamana’s Q1 profits plunge as costs rise

Despite producing more gold than a year ago, Toronto-based Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) wasn’t able to buck the trend of miners posting shrinking first-quarter profits amidst dipping metal prices. Profit for the first quarter of…



Agnico-Eagle stoic as gold price tumbles

This year’s first quarter brought challenges beyond a falling gold price for Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), but it’s nothing that a company with a 55-year history can’t weather.



B2Gold commits more money to Nicaragua

Calibre Mining (CXB-V) and B2Gold ( BTO-T, BGLPF-O ) are taking their relationship to the next level with B2Gold committing to spend $6 million for an additional 19% of the Primavera gold-copper porphyry project and surrounding 322 sq km of…


Editorial: Serving up a little Tax-Mex

International mining companies happy to be invited to their usual seat of honour at the fiesta in Mexico are a little unnerved to find that this time, they’re going to be the piñata, and the Mexican government is winding up for a…





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