Agnico Eagle, Kirkland Lake create new gold giant in US$10B merger
The combined company, the gold industry’s highest-quality senior producer, will have 48 million ounces of the metal in reserves.
Mexico
TSX down, Sept. 13-17
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 142.7 points or 0.69% to finish the September 13-17 trading week at 20,490.41. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 4.83 points or 4.76% to 96.75…
Endeavour Silver completes feasibility on Terronera in Mexico
Endeavour Silver’s (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) 100%-owned Terronera project in Mexico’s Jalisco state would produce 3.3 million oz. payable silver and 32,874 oz. gold annually over a 12-year underground mine…
Vizsla Silver guides for a September Panuco project restart
Pending continued improvement in regional health statistics, Vizsla Silver (TSXV: VZLA) plans a staged restart of drilling activities on September 1 at its Panuco silver-gold project in Sinaloa state, Mexico….
Resource nationalism sweeps top mining countries in Latin America
A move towards resource expropriation, tax and royalty increases, as well as demands for local participation in companies’ ownership–all components of resource nationalism–continues to increase, with Latin America taking centre…
JV Article: Southern Silver on track for resource update in third quarter for Cerro Las Minitas
Southern Silver Exploration (TSXV: SSV; US-OTC: SSVFF) has completed more than 20,000 metres of drilling at its flagship Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico since its last resource estimate in…
Chesapeake Gold cracks the Metates development code
Chesapeake Gold (TSXV: CKG) has done for the Metates project in Durango, Mexico — one of the world’s largest undeveloped gold-silver projects — what others before it could not. CEO…
Mexico Snapshot: Eight companies with Mexican projects to follow
Mexico has a long and storied history as a silver producer, and there is no reason to think that will change anytime soon. Here are eight Canadian companies active in…
Torex foregoes the Muckahi mining method for Media Luna
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG) has announced it will proceed with conventional development and mining methods for its proposed Media Luna project in Mexico instead of using the newly developed Muckahi…
Orla Mining reports high grade assays from Camino Rojo gold project in Mexico
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) has released new assay results from drilling the sulphides zone at its Camino Rojo gold project in Mexico’s Zacatecas state, about 50 km southeast…
SSR Mining sells non-core royalty portfolio to EMX Royalty
SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM; ASX: SSR) is selling its non-core royalty portfolio to EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-AM: EMX) for a total of US$100 million. The sum consists…
TSX up, July 5-9
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.16% to 20,257.95 during the July 5-9 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index climbed 2.24% to 109.76, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…