February 26, 2019

Fresnillo misses 2018 output targets, warns of challenging year ahead

The world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's No.2 gold miner warned of possible lower prices, higher inflation and worsening foreign exchange rates in 2019.

February 25, 2019

Bayhorse pours first .9999 fine bar in Oregon

The button contains 37.69 oz. of .9999 fine silver, and is stamped with the Liberty Refinery purity mark.

February 25, 2019

OceanaGold tables resource at WKP prospect in New Zealand

WKP’s East Graben vein contains 410,000 indicated tonnes grading 18 grams gold and 22.7 grams silver for 234,000 oz. gold and 296,000 oz. silver.

February 24, 2019

Scientists say miners should restore animal communities during site rehabilitation

Researchers say fauna tends to be under-recognized in assessments of restoration success.

February 24, 2019

Brucejack, Silvertip among British Columbia’s biggest recent successes

No other province or territory has had two new precious metal mines reach commercial production less than 15 months apart.

February 22, 2019

Pan American Silver completes $1B-buyout of Tahoe Resources

The Vancouver-based miner acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Nevada-based Tahoe.

February 21, 2019

First AI mining company goes public

Goldspot extends machine learning beyond exploration – to M&A.

February 21, 2019

British Columbia’s mining revenue expected to drop by 25% by 2022

Revenue from energy and mining is expected to drop from $1.1 billion in 2018-19 to $861 million by 2020-21.

February 21, 2019

Lundin Gold to step up exploration in Ecuador after securing $30m in financing

A syndicate of underwriters, co-led by GMP Securities and BMO Capital Markets, had agreed on a bought deal basis to buy 7.5 million shares at C$5.40 each.

February 20, 2019

Canada Cobalt drills bonanza grades at Castle mine property

The mine produced a total of 9.4 million oz. of silver and more than 375,000 lb. of cobalt from the No.3 shaft at various times from 1917 and 1989.