The value of the gold bars in central bank vaults fell to $4.62 billion, down 18.5% from $5.67 billion dollars at the end of 2018 - the lowest in 75 years.

The update applies a nominal cut-off value of 100.0 g/t AgEq for the project’s Panuco deposit.

The PEA tables a C$363 million after-tax NPV, with an 8% discount rate, and a 27.1% after-tax IRR on the zinc sulphide deposit.

Nicaragua Milling is taking a 10.4% stake in Condor Gold, which is advancing its La India gold project in Nicaragua.

A regional ordinance states that the Freeport-McMoRan operation would only expand onto wasteland.

Minera currently has three exploration assets in Mexico, including the La Fortuna open pit gold project in Durango.

Codelco has for years talked of getting into the lithium business.