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Silver mine near Vancouver advancing toward production
A small silver mine in the British Columbia Interior is a step closer to production after the BC government granted a mining lease and permit.
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Guatemala's El Escobal Mine to become one of the top silver projects in the world: report
Cecilia Jamasmie | May 24, 2012
With a total investment of $406 million, Canadian based mining exploration company Tahoe Resources (NYSE:TAHO), through its subsidiary Minera San Rafael SA, could become one of the largest silver producers in the world thanks to its El Escobal project in southeastern Guatemala, approximately 70 kilometres from Guatemala City.
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Gold & silver are the answer in the long-term
TheGoldAndOilGuy - Chris Vermeulen | May 23, 2012Long time readers know that I have been and remain bullish on gold and gold stocks in the longer-term.
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Zuckerberg lost $1.5 billion in 24 hours, but he wasn't the unluckiest billionaire. Batista was
Frik Els | May 23, 2012
The declines wiped $1,744,800,000 from Batista's personal fortune in one day, which means he fared worse than Mark Zuckerberg who suffered more than $1.5 billion in losses as a result of the post Facebook IPO fiasco.
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Endeavour Silver hits bonanza silver grades at its Mexican San Sebastian property
Cecilia Jamasmie | May 23, 2012
After dreary drilling results last year, Canadian junior miner Endeavour Silver (TSX: EXK), announced exploration drilling at the San Sebastian property in Mexico has discovered a new high grade silver-gold mineralized zone in the Terronera vein.
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Industrial demand for silver weakens
SeekingAlpha.com | May 23, 2012Industrial demand for silver is falling and Seeking Alpha’s Simit Patel explains what this means for silver prices, silver stocks (SIL) and silver ETFs like SLV and PSLV.
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AndeanGold signs agreement to acquire Gitennes' 40% interest in Urumalqui Ag-Au project, Peru
Marketwire - Mining and Metals | May 23, 2012
AndeanGold Ltd. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and potential development of primarily precious metals properties, principally in Peru and Ecuador.
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Olympic Dam Taskforce CEO to doubters: We're planning 10,000-strong village, already building airstrip for 737s
Frik Els | May 22, 2012
The copper-uranium-gold-silver project has a 100 year mining life, so a glitch this year was unlikely to sway a company that thinks well ahead, the CEO of the Olympic Dam Taskforce said Tuesday.
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Throwing BRICS into the fire of gold and silver investment demand
Market Oracle | May 20, 2012Despite ongoing pressure from the United States for China to join its sanctions against Iran due to concerns over the Islamic country’s nuclear program, an Iranian diplomat recently revealed that new energy trades between Iran and China will be settled in China’s official currency the yuan.
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Gold triple bottom & stocks oversold (short term) – Now what?
Profitimes | May 20, 2012
Gold has now made a bullish reversal on a weekly basis, as price rallied sharply on Thursday and Friday. Support held, which means gold could be on the verge of setting a double/triple bottom around $1,550.
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Junior resource investment in a financial meltdown – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Mineweb | May 19, 2012
Rick Rule's presentation at the New York Hard Assets Conference earlier this week sees some light for the informed junior resource investor despite current patterns which have mostly been Bad or Ugly!
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McEwen considers selling the Los Azules Project in Argentina
Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2012
McEwen Mining (TSX and NYSE:MUX) President and CEO Rob McEwen on Thursday cautioned shareholders that recent energy-industry expropriation and Argentina government policy decrees augured negatively for its San José silver/gold mine and other development projects.
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One step closer to a better US permitting process
info@mineralsmakelife.org | May 18, 2012Yesterday, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 4402, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2012. The bill, offered by Rep. Amodei (R-Nev.), received strong support in the committee and now heads to the full House for consideration.
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Silvercorp sets records in China as it emerges from short and distort saga
Frik Els | May 18, 2012
Silvercorp Metals along with the rest of the silver sector jumped on Thursday as the price of the precious metal recovered from year lows. Ahead of announcing annual financials results that showed record production of 5.6 million ounces and cash …
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Small BHP joint venture loses silver lining
WA Today | May 17, 2012BHP Billiton has quit a small joint venture to define the Altia copper and silver prospect in Queensland, just a day after the company's chairman and its chief executive warned it would scale back on spending.
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Finding opportunity in silver, the Devil's metal: Chris Thompson
The Gold Report | May 17, 2012
Silver has been called the most volatile of metals. But volatility produces opportunity, according to Chris Thompson, a top-ranked StarMine analyst with Haywood Securities.
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Gold flirts with bear market as bullion backed funds have longest losing streak since 2004
Frik Els | May 16, 2012
"As equities fall, as the Greeks take money out of the banks and the banking sector collapses, I suppose you'd have to be wary of further price falls just to cover for losses in other markets."
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BC mining industry earned extra $2 billion in 2011 on strength of coal, silver
Andrew Topf | May 16, 2012
The mining industry in British Columbia produced some healthy numbers in 2011, buoyed by high commodity prices and continued growth in mineral exploration, according to PwC’s annual BC Mining Survey.
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Silver use in medicine could boost the market: report
Cecilia Jamasmie | May 16, 2012
For thousands of years, silver has been used at the table, on the battlefield and even in healthcare. Today, the uses of silver for its healing and preventative properties are growing and analysts wonder what this renewed demand for the graphite metal will mean for the silver market.
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Silver Bear provides operational update and announces first quarter 2012 results
MINING.com Editor | May 16, 2012
Canadian Silver Bear Resources (TSX:SBR) posted Wednesday an operational update and announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2012.
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Pan American Silver 1Q net falls 46% due to Mexican acquisition
Cecilia Jamasmie | May 16, 2012
Pan American Silver Corp. (TSX: PAAS, NASDAQ: PAA.T) first-quarter profit fell 46% as the costs of acquiring a Mexican gold and silver operation covered a revenue increase.
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Latin American mining investment boom continues unabated
MINING.com Editor | May 16, 2012
Over the past decade, mining investment in Latin America has more than doubled, even after experiencing a sharp drop in 2009. According to a report by the Metals Economic Group, Latin America is now the primary destination for mining exploration investment in the world, with 25% of total investment going to Chile, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina.
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How to lose $1 billion in a day. Ask Eike
Frik Els | May 16, 2012
Brazil's Eike Fuhrken Batista is the world of mining's richest man and he's been on a roll this year – until Tuesday when $1,023,200,000 disappeared from his personal fortune.
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First Majestic slashed 10% in grim day for silver sector
Frik Els | May 15, 2012
First Majestic Silver Corp shed most on the day and industry bellwethers Silver Wheaton and Pan American Silver both hit 52-week lows.
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Is Mexico set to become a gold superpower?
MINING.com Editor | May 15, 2012
Mexico, the world’s largest silver producer, is expected to become the next source of “mega” gold projects as experts predict its bullion production will increase considerably in the next five years.
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Hana announces positive preliminary economic assessment for the Ghanzi Copper-Silver Project
Marketwire - Mining and Metals | May 14, 2012VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – May 14, 2012) – Hana Mining Ltd. ("Hana" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:HMG)(FRANKFURT:4LH) is pleased to announce the positive results of its initial independent National Instrument 43-101 compli…
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Orezone Completes the Sale of Sega to Cluff Gold for $26.5M
Orezone Gold Corporation (ORE:TSX) is pleased to announce that it has completed the sale of its Sega Gold Project ("Sega") in Burkina Faso to Cluff Gold plc (Cluff) for total consideration of approximately US$26.5M.
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