Mexico and Central America
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ENVIRONMENT: BQE Water signs contract for new SART project
VANCOUVER – BQE Water, a leader in the management of mine wastewater and metallurgical bleed streams, has entered into a services agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of a Canadian mining company for the staged implementation of the SART process…
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GOLD-COPPER: San Marco sees positive results from exploration program
MEXICO – San Marco Resources announced on Jan. 9 that, following the completion of a first phase of exploration and evaluation, experts were able to confirm the existence of a porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold system at the Espíritu SMR property in northern…
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SILVER-GOLD: Silvercrest nears new resource at Las Chispas
MEXICO – Silvercrest Metals continues cutting high grade mineralization at its Las Chispas silver property in Sonora. The latest results from a phase three infill drill program at the property included 9.3 metres grading 39.66 g/t gold and 3,361 g/t silver,…
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SILVER-GOLD: Vancouver miners merge to lead exploration
MEXICO – Defiance Silver Corp. and ValOro Resources have just created a combined company that keeps the name Defiance Silver Corp., following a friendly merger under the Business Corporations Act of British Columbia. In a media statement, the Vancouver-based miners describe…
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COBALT: ePower Metals buys Magenta project in Mexico
Junior ePower Metals has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Exploracion Auramex S.A. de C.V. and its Magenta cobalt project from Bowering Projects. The Magenta project is located in Sinaloa, northwestern Mexico, and consists of five claims totalling…
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Outlook Snapshot: Eight juniors with plans for a busy 2019
The junior exploration and development scene is still in high gear in North America, with many juniors planning for extensive work programs in 2019 at precious and base metal projects across the Americas. Here is a look at eight such…
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COPPER: Capstone increases reserves and planned production at Mexican copper project
MEXICO – Capstone Mining released today positive results of an updated technical report for its Cozamin mine, located north-northwest of Zacatecas City in the Mexican north-central state of the same name. Cozamin is a polymetallic underground mine with a surface…
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LABOUR RELATIONS: New Mexican president asked to solve issue with former mine workers in two weeks
MEXICO – Former workers associated with the National Union of Mine, Metal, Steel and Allied Workers of the Mexican Republic, known as Los Mineros Union, gave the new president Andrés Manuel López Obrador 15 days following his inauguration to address…
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Mining in the age of USMCA
Rob McEwen and MAC weigh in on the changing relations between Canada and the U.S.
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Endeavour Silver CEO talks mining in Mexico
Bradford Cooke discusses the ins and outs
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December 2018 cover
Endeavour Silver’s Guanacevi mine, in Durango state, Mexico. Credit: Endeavour Silver
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GOLD-SILVER: Goldcorp pours first doré from Pyrite Leach at Penasquito
MEXICO – Vancouver-based Goldcorp has poured the first gold at its Penasquito’s Pyrite Leach project (PLP) in Zacatecas. Commissioning of the plant began in Q3 2018, and it is now treating existing tailings around the clock. “PLP was a major…
