Month: February 2019

Silver One Commences Drilling at Its Peñasco Quemado Project, Mexico

Greg Crowe, President and CEO commented, “The strength of the soil geochemical anomalies near to a historically defined, manto or replacement style silver resource, in combination with geophysical anomalies strongly highlights Peñasco Quemado as a highly prospective drill target. The property hosts geological similarities to the silver-manganese oxide and zinc-lead-silver sulphide mineralization at the Hermosa and Taylor projects located just over 100 kilometres to the north in Arizona. These properties are currently being evaluated by South 32 acquired through the takeover of Arizona Mining in August 2018.”

Goldcorp Reports Fourth Quarter 2018 Results

As a result of the previously announced acquisition of the Company by Newmont Mining Corporation for approximately $10 billion, Goldcorp recognized a non-cash impairment of $3,879 million (net of tax) representing the difference between the book value of the Company’s shareholder’s equity and the Newmont offer. Accordingly, the net loss for the fourth quarter of 2018 was $3,984 million or $4.58 per share, compared to net earnings of $242 million or $0.28 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2017.

First Mexican Gold Credit Facility Update

To date, the Company is of the view that Isatis Capital has not fulfilled its obligations under its agreement with the Company and there has been no material progress on the credit facility. This lack of performance has affected the Company’s ability to move forward in the timely development of the Guadalupe property as planned.

Candente Gold to Explore Near Surface Drill Targets

Candente Gold Corp. is pleased to advise that exploration has begun on near surface targets on the El Oro property. Local geologists will be mapping and sampling to identify potential shallow trench and drill targets.

Bacanora Lithium Plc Interim Results

Peter Secker, CEO, of Bacanora Lithium, commented: The common thread linking Hanwa, the Japanese battery metals trader; SGRF, the sovereign wealth fund of the Sultanate of Oman; RK Mine Finance, the debt provider; Citigroup and Canaccord, the global investment banks, is that they have all joined with Bacanora to assist in securing the funding package for a 35,000tpa lithium carbonate operation at our Sonora project.

Grupo roba a minera canadiense en Guerrero de 2 a 3 millones de dólares en concentrados

Los robos de minerales no son algo desconocido en México. En 2015, hombres armados robaron concentrado de oro con un valor estimado de 8.5 millones de dólares de una mina en el estado norteño de Sinaloa. Y Codelco, una empresa minera de cobre de Chile, descubrió un mecanismo similar al de Telson, pero a una escala mucho mayor que pareció haber robado toneladas de concentrado durante años.

Teck Reports Unaudited Annual and Fourth Quarter Results for 2018

“2018 was another very good year for Teck,” said Don Lindsay, President and CEO. “We achieved record earnings of $3.1 billion and record EBITDA of $6.2 billion, we were very pleased with the extremely successful start-up of production at Fort Hills and we announced the sanctioning of our Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 project and a US$1.2 billion partnering transaction. Our financial position remains very strong, leaving us well positioned for the coming year.”

Canadian mine company says Mexico crime ring stole $2M-$3M

Telson Mining Corp. President Ralph Shearing said compromised truck drivers worked with thieves who foiled security measures while the material was being transported from the company’s Campo Morado mine in the southern state of Guerrero to the port of Manzanillo on the Pacific coast.

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