May 25, 2012

China gains approval to begin trading silver futures

It has been a tough month for both silver prices and silver stocks. The Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) has fallen nearly 16 percent in the last month.

May 24, 2012

Full production resumes at Coeur d’Alene Mines’ Palmarejo Mine

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE)(TSX:CDM) announced today that full production has resumed at its Palmarejo Mine after the small group of employees who had been blocking access to the mine…

May 24, 2012

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.

May 24, 2012

Guatemala’s Escobal Mine to become one of the top silver projects in the world: report

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…

May 23, 2012

Gold & silver are the answer in the long-term

Long time readers know that I have been and remain bullish on gold and gold stocks in the longer-term.

May 23, 2012

Zuckerberg lost $1.5 billion in 24 hours, but he wasn’t the unluckiest billionaire. Batista was

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…

May 23, 2012

Endeavour Silver hits bonanza silver grades at its Mexican San Sebastian property

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…

May 23, 2012

Board resignation

Southeast Asia Mining Corp, a junior exploration and mining company currently focused in Thailand, announces that Stephen McIntyre and Kerry Smith have resigned from the board of directors of the…

May 23, 2012

Industrial demand for silver weakens

Industrial 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.

May 23, 2012

AndeanGold signs agreement to acquire Gitennes’ 40% interest in Urumalqui Ag-Au project, Peru

AndeanGold Ltd. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and potential development of primarily precious metals properties, principally in Peru and Ecuador.