Mexico and Central America

An aerial view of the processing plant at Pueblo Viejo. Source: Goldcorp Inc.

Trouble at Pueblo Viejo?

Just two weeks after the Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic entered commercial production in mid-January, joint-venture partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) and Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) face a potential backlash from the government.


Lake Shore Gold sells Mexican assets

Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSG-N) is selling all of its Mexican properties to Revolution Resources (RV-T) in order to keep its management team and finances focused on its Canadian assets.


Argonaut exceeds expectations

Shares of Argonaut Gold (AR-T) jumped nearly 5% to $10.09 after the company reported production results for the fourth quarter and for all of 2012.


Pan American Silver's Dolores silver-gold mine in northern Mexico. Credit: Pan American Silver.

Pan American to produce more silver, gold in 2013

Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) had a strong year in 2012, helped by record silver and gold output in the fourth quarter, and it’s forecasting 2013 will be another “record setting-production year.” 


Golden Predator's Brewery Creek project. Source: Golden Predator Corp.

Golden Predator changes name and focus to royalties

Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) decision to transition to a royalty-only mining company and build on its existing base of 34 projects pushed the junior’s shares up 16.7% to 38.5¢ on 2.7 million shares traded.


Argonaut's El Castillo open-pit gold mine. Source: Argonaut Gold

Argonaut exceeds expectations

Shares of Argonaut Gold (AR-T) jumped nearly 5% to $10.09 after the company reported production results for the fourth quarter and for all of 2012.


Alamos goes hostile on Aurizon

After pursuing Quebec-focused Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) for years, Alamos Gold (AGI-T) has finally gone hostile, announcing a $780-million, cash-and-share bid for the junior gold miner.


Correction

In the article “First Majestic buying Orko Silver for La Preciosa” (TNM, Dec. 26/12), there was an error in the silver grade for the La Preciosa resource estimate. It was quoted as 1.04 grams silver per tonne but should have read…


SilverCrest's Santa Elena open-pit mine. Source: SilverCrest Mines

SilverCrest finds new gold zone

Junior silver producer SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) has discovered a new high-grade gold and silver zone that lies below and is parallel to the main mineralized zone that is being mined at its Santa Elena open-pit operation in Sonora, Mexico,…


Santacruz Silver on the fast track to production

VANCOUVER — For Mexico-focused Santacruz Silver Mining (SCZ-V) 2013 may well be the year where well-laid plans take root and begin to grow. The Vancouver-based company is working on a trio of advanced-stage silver projects with the goal…


Open-pit operations at at AuRico Gold's Young-Davidson gold mine in Ontario. Photo by Nancy Duquet-Harvey

Cash-rich AuRico to buy back shares

AuRico Gold (AUQ-T, AUQ-N) is flush with US$750 million in cash after selling Minera Frisco (MSNFY-O) its Ocampo mine and adjacent exploration projects, Venus and Los Jarros, in Mexico’s Chihuahua state, as well as its 50% interest in…



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