Mexico and Central America

A historic ventilation stack built by Cornish miners, who operated in Mexico until the early twentieth century in the Pinos gold district, near Excalibur Resources' Catanava gold project in Zacatecas state. Photo by Manuel Gomez

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…



Alder revisits the former Rosita project

Alder Resources’ (ALR-V) chairman Don Dudek and CEO Joseph Arengi, who were persistent in pursuing the past-producing copper-gold-silver Rosita project in northeast Nicaragua, are hoping their perseverance will soon pay off with a big…




A driller loads a rod at Orko Silver's La Preciosa silver-gold project in Durango state, Mexico. Photo by Ben Whiting.

Coeur outbids First Majestic for Orko

Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) has trumped First Majestic Silver (FR-T, AG-N) in a contest to acquire Orko Silver (OK-V) for its coveted La Preciosa project, ranked as one of the world’s largest undeveloped silver deposits.




Inmet boosts copper reserves as First Quantum bid looms

VANCOUVER — As its future hangs in the balance, Canadian base metals producer Inmet Mining (IMN-T) continued to increase its value via a global resource update on Feb. 11, which was highlighted by a 22% jump in proven and probable copper…




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