Silver
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GOLD: Another bonanza for Skeena at Eskay Creek
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Skeena Resources continues to drill bonanza gold grades at its Eskay Creek project in the Golden Triangle. For the phase one program, two drills are testing the 21A, 21E and 22 zone. Assays for only the…
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BASE METALS: ALX Uranium exploring for base metals at Draco
NORWAY – ALX Uranium announced that it acquired mineral claims prospective for copper-zinc-gold-silver mineralization at its 100%-owned Draco project located in the Grong mining district of central Norway. In a media statement, ALX said that it staked 10 claims totaling…
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Market sentiment sweetening for silver, report says
The following is an edited excerpt from the “Global Silver Investment” report prepared by Metals Focus for The Silver Institute. Visit www.silverinstitute.org for complimentary access to the full report. Investor sentiment has strengthened for silver (as well as the wider precious metals…
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SILVER: US silver mine presented as example of environmental leadership
IDAHO – Hecla Mining’s Lucky Friday mine has been showcased by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality as an example of environmental leadership for its efforts creating water treatment facilities that reduce the concentration of lead and zinc in the…
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SILVER: Canada Cobalt pours silver bar from Castle project
ONTARIO – Canada Cobalt Works of Coquitlam, B.C., has poured its initial three silver bars at the Castle silver-cobalt mine 75 km south of Kirkland Lake, near the town of Gowanda. The pour was part of a proof of concept…
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GOLD-SILVER: StrikePoint drills 102 g/t Au and 356 g/t Ag at Willoughby
BRITISH COLOMBIA – The drill results from the North zone at the Willoughby gold-silver project 26 km east of Stewart, in the Golden Triangle are promising, reports owner StrikePoint Gold of Vancouver. Hole W19-094 tested a new area of exposed…
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Top-10 silver companies by market cap
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, silver-focused companies by market capitalization. Follow the link below to read about them. Continue reading at The Northern Miner.
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GOLD-SILVER: Benchmark hits 132.5 g/t Au and 8,560 g/t Ag at Lawyers’ Phoenix zone
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Benchmark Metals of Edmonton, Alta., has hit bonanza grades in the first hole it drilled this year at the Phoenix zone at its Lawyers gold-silver project. The property hosts the former Lawyers gold-silver mine that produced 171,200…
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SILVER: Sprott Asset Management invests $2 million in Kootenay Silver
MEXICO – Vancouver-based Kootenay Silver (TSXV: KTN; US-OTC: KOOYF) has announced a $2-million investment from Sprott Asset Management through a non-brokered private placement of 7.7 million units at $0.26 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of…
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SILVER: Bayhorse mill commissioning underway
OREGON – Vancouver-based Bayhorse Silver has begun commissioning the mill at the silver mine of the same name. The mill has nameplate capacity of 180 t/d. The mill treats pre-concentrated ore. An x-ray transmissive ore sorter is used to reduce…
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GOLD: Skeena cuts 10.6 g/t AuEq over 27.5 metres at Eskay Creek
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Skeena Resources continues to drill high gold and silver grades at its Eskay Creek property in the province’s Golden Triangle. The longest and strongest recent intersection was 27.5 metres grading 6.75 g/t gold and 285 g/t…
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COPPER-ZINC: Laurion enjoys high grades of first assays from CRK veins at Ishkoday
ONTARIO – Laurion Mineral Exploration of Toronto has released the first assays from the CRK sulphide veins at Ishkoday. The project is wholly owned and located 220 km northeast of Thunder Bay. The company stripped selected outcrops and performed channel…
