Customs hold-up has Barrick investors on edge
Gold from Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) recently baptized Pueblo Viejo mine is being held up by customs in the Dominican Republic, but it appears a resolution is at hand.
Mexico and Central America
Capstone polishes off another reliable year
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based copper producer Capstone Mining (CR-T) continues to be one of the strong stories in mid-tier base metal production. The company released its annual results on March 13, which underline a strong…
Wall Street ends on a high note
U.S. stocks ended in positive territory during the March 4–8 trading week, helped by strong jobs data.
Firestone charts cheap, quick path to production in Guatemala
VANCOUVER – There’s only five years of defined ore at Torlon Hill but a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of the zinc-lead-silver project in Guatemala suggests owner Firestone Ventures (FV-F) could build a mine at the site that would…
San Miguel begs to be built
It has taken eight years, but Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T, PZG-X) CEO Christopher Crupi says the company’s San Miguel project in northern Mexico, about 300 km southeast of Hermosillo, has been well worth the wait.
Unigold works to connect the golden dots at Neita
VANCOUVER – Drills continue to hit near-surface gold mineralization at Unigold’s (UGD-V) Neita project in the Dominican Republic.
San Miguel begs to be built, Paramount says
It has taken eight years but Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (PZG-T, PZG-N) chief executive Christopher Crupi says the company’s San Miguel project in northern Mexico, about 300 km southeast of Hermosillo, has been well worth the wait.
Silvercrest continues to beef up Santa Elena
Three important bits of information came out of Silvercrest Mines (SVL-T, SVLC-X) latest drill results from its Santa Elena project in Mexico.
McEwen finds a sweet spot in Sinaloa
MOCORITO, SINALOA, MEXICO — The state of Sinaloa is a narrow strip of land hugging 650 km of coastline in northwestern Mexico that makes up 3% of the country’s land mass, 2% of its population and a hefty 30% of its food production.
Alder revisits Rosita in Nicaragua
Alder Resources’ (ALR-V) chairman Don Dudek and CEO Joseph Arengi, who years ago pursued the past-producing copper-gold-silver Rosita project in northeast Nicaragua, are hoping their perseverance will soon pay off with a big discovery.
Excalibur looks to pull gold from Mexican stone
SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO — Cylindrical brick stacks poking out of the barren hillsides can be seen from miles away. But curiously, they don’t attach at the base to any grand warehouse or factory.
GoGold makes progress at Parral
VANCOUVER — Last year, GoGold Resources (GGD-T) issued millions of shares and worked for months to acquire Absolute Gold Holdings for its Parral project in Mexico, home to a huge heap of tailings left behind after 300 years of operations…