VANCOUVER — Operating in the Peruvian Andes can offer a range of challenges, not the least of which is a rainy season that usually runs from September through April. And heavy rains proved to be an issue for Canadian base metal producer…
Today, Canada’s private-sector investments account for almost half of global mining activities in developing countries, and represent about 12% of Canada’s foreign direct investment. As an extractives industry success story, Canada…
Chief executive Kevin McArthur of Tahoe Resources (THO-T, TAHO-N) says the company expects to start commissioning the mill at its Escobal silver project in Guatemala in the second half of this year and has received a US$50 million secured…
VANCOUVER — The intercept returned a great set of numbers: 457 metres averaging 1.01 grams gold per tonne, 0.21% copper and 2.3 grams silver per tonne, starting at surface. For the team at Solvista Gold (SVV-V), however, the real buzz…
Difficult markets and strained balance sheets are dogging junior mining companies across the industry, forcing them to make some hard decisions about how to manage their assets.
VANCOUVER — Gold and silver prices struggled in April, which meant most precious metal producers saw their share prices slide. For Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T, FSM-N), however, a slumping share price belies strong financials and promising…
VANCOUVER — It has been a busy year for Eldorado Gold (ELD-T), but that’s business as usual for a company that has doubled its gold output in five years, and plans to more than double it again by 2015.
VANCOUVER — The Santa Rosa gold project in Colombia is producing promising intercepts even as owner Red Eagle Mining (RD-V) updates the project’s gold tally and wraps up a first-pass economic assessment.
Shares of Belo Sun Mining (BSX-T) fell after the company released a prefeasibility study on its 100%-owned Volta Grande gold project in Para State, Brazil, after markets closed on May 6.
Idaho-based silver producer Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) is charting a new course to thrive in the changing and turbulent market by optimizing assets and trimming costs, while still keeping an eye out for growth.
Teck Resources’ (TCK-T, TCK-N) first-quarter performance beat analyst expectations but came in lower compared to a year ago, owing to global economic uncertainty and weaker commodity prices.
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…
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