Month: June 2023

Newmont Urges Union at Peñasquito Mine in Mexico to Abide by Labor Agreement

Newmont Corporation announced today it has suspended operations at the Company’s Peñasquito mine in Mexico while refuting claims by the National Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican Republic regarding violating legal regulations and labor agreements. The Company urged the Union to abide by the mutually agreed Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated and signed by both parties in June of 2022.

Defiance Drills Widest Silver Intercept to Date in the Veta Grande

Chris Wright, Chairman & CEO, stated: “We are extremely encouraged by the continued success of our drilling campaigns at the San Acacio project. As a result of diligent targeting and modeling work, leading to multiple successful phases of drilling, our technical team has been able to further demonstrate the continued potential to outline a large mineral system within the historical San Acacio mine area on the Veta Grande vein system.”

Radius Gold Defines Drill Targets and Identifies Second Potential Breccia Pipe Target at Tropico Project, Zacatecas

Simon Ridgway, Executive Chairman, comments: “I have recently had the pleasure to tour Tropico property with CEO Bruce Smith and our geological team, and I am impressed by the target and excited to start drilling. I am struck by the similarity to the Cerro Blanco project (Bluestone Resources hotspring sinter project with M&I resources of 3.1 Moz (M&I) @1.5 g/t Au*) which the Goldgroup team were fortunate to discover earlier in my career.”

Chesapeake Gold Announces AGM Results

Chesapeake Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that at the 2023 Annual General Meeting held on June 6, 2023 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Chesapeake’s shareholders voted in favour of all items of business. All director nominees were elected.

Bear Creek Mining Announces Results of Annual General Meeting, Appointment of Officers and Publication of 2022 ESG Report

Shareholders voted in favour of all matters of business described in the Company’s Information Circular dated April 17, 2023 and put before the meeting, including the election of Eric Caba and the re-election of Catherine McLeod-Seltzer, Anthony Hawkshaw, Andrew Swarthout, Kevin Morano, Erfan Kazemi, Stephen Lang, Alfredo Bullard and Alan Hair as directors of the Company for the ensuing year.

Kingsmen Announces Results of Annual and Special Meeting

Kingsmen Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that at the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held on June 2, 2023, Messrs. Scott Emerson, Nick DeMare and Rod Johnston were re-elected as directors and Messrs. Kieran Downes and Carlos Garza were elected as new directors.

Santacruz Silver Reports First Quarter Financial Results

Arturo Préstamo, Executive Chairman of Santacruz, commented, “The first quarter has provided us with a strong start to the year. We maintained production levels while considerably improving our cash position, which provides us with a solid base from which we will keep moving forward.”

Golden Minerals Announces Restart of Silver and Gold Mining Operations at Velardeña and Provides Update on Capital Resources

Warren M. Rehn, Golden’s President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “I am very pleased to announce that Golden Minerals’ board of directors has approved plans to restart mining operations at Velardeña. The decision to begin operations again at Velardeña was primarily based on vastly improved sales terms now available to us for the gold-rich pyrite concentrate that is produced from flotation processing of Velardeña mineralized material, which permit us to restart operations without the significant expense of the previously planned bio-oxidation facility.”

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