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Silver Standard's Pitarilla silver project. Source: Silver Standard

[Update] Silver Standard sees bright future at Pitarrilla

After repositioning Silver Standard as a well-funded firm with a strong management team and a sole operating mine in Argentina, Silver Standard Resources’ (SSO-T, SSRI-N) president and CEO John Smith says, “Now we are getting the…


Dolly Varden hopes to find the next Eskay Creek

The management team at Vancouver-based Dolly Varden Silver (DV-V) had been keeping its eye on an intriguing piece of mining history in northwestern B.C.’s Stewart complex for quite some time. Both chairman John King Burns and…



Drill rigs, with the Salton Sea in the background, at Teras Resources' Cahuilla gold-silver project in Imperial County, southern California. Source: Teras Resources

Teras top 1M oz. gold at Cahuilla in Cali

Calgary-based explorer Teras Resources (TRA-V) accomplished its first goal at its flagship Cahuilla gold-silver project in northwest Imperial County, California. On Nov. 30, the company pulled together historic data and results from a two-year…


Workers at Stonegate Agricom's Montaro storage facility. Source: Stonegate Agricom

Paris Hills gets bigger, better for Stonegate

Stonegate Agricom (ST-T) has stepped closer to bringing its Paris Hills phosphate project in Idaho on-stream, potentially by late 2014, with a positive feasibility study outlining a bigger and better project than previously thought.


Goliad is good to go

Uranium Energy Corp.’s (UEC-X) Goliad in-situ recovery (ISR) project in the uranium belt of southern Texas has received its final permit and is now fully authorized for production, which Haywood Securities analyst Colin Healey expects…


Corvus considers two-stage development at Bullfrog

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based explorer Corvus Gold (KOR-T) has released an amended preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its wholly-owned North Bullfrog gold project in southern Nevada that models a heap-leach operation averaging 74,800…


Freeport bets on oil and gas

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) surprise decision to buy two oil and gas companies in a deal involving cash and shares worth nearly US$10 billion has divided analysts on whether the acquisitions make sense. 


A helicopter at Ucore Rare Metals' Bokan Mountain REE project  in southeastern Alaska. Source: Ucore Rare Metals

Ucore finishes Dotson Ridge PEA

Head of global research at Byron Capital Markets Jon Hykaway has raised his target price on Ucore Rare Metals (UCU-V, UURAF-O) to $1 per share — a 12-month estimate that he “still considers conservative” — after the…


Market news: U.S. Markets

U.S. stock markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 22, and many Americans marked the occasion with a shopping spree. According to the National Retail Federation, 89 million Americans shopped online and in stores on Black…


A rock-support drill rig underground at Revett Minerals' Troy silver-copper mine in northwestern Montana. Source: Revett Minerals

Revett presses on in Montana

When Revett Minerals (RVM-T, RVM-X) restarted the Troy mine in northwestern Montana in December 2004, the property had a mine life of about four years, based on its known reserves. 


Thompson Creek slumps, but Mt. Milligan on track

Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) is sinking deeper into the red as it builds the $1.5-billion Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in central B.C., posting a third-quarter net loss of US$48.2 million, or US29¢ a share, compared with a profit…


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