Category: Exploration and Development

SilverCrest Announces Receipt of General Explosives Permit and Water Rights; Finalizes Ownership in Mining Concessions for Las Chispas

N. Eric Fier, CPG, P.Eng, and CEO, remarked, ”We continue to de-risk Las Chispas by achieving several significant milestones that are timely and noteworthy as we move forward to a construction decision, including; 1) the receipt of the General Explosives Permit with continuation of the planned underground exploration in the Babicanora Vein (Area 51 zone) and ongoing rehabilitation of the Babicanora Historic Adit for a secondary access to the vein, 2) acquisition of water rights, and 3) attaining 100% ownership of our mining concessions across all vein mineral resources.”

Fortuna Reports Fatality at San Jose Mine

The accident involved a scooptram operating underground, and the individual fatally injured was the driver. There were no other injuries related to the accident.

Aura Announces Geological and Exploration Updates

Rodrigo Barbosa, President and CEO, stated, ”After important strategic moves with the sale of the Serrote project, the merger with Rio Novo, and the restart of our Aranzazu project, we also made strategic investments in exploration with positive results that we are pleased to announce.”

Minera Alamos Announces Commencement of Phase 2 Drilling at Santana Gold Project

”Now that the federal project development permit approvals have been received we are excited to commence the drilling phase of our much anticipated 2019 Santana exploration program. The last year has allowed us to dramatically expand our geological understanding of the overall Santana project area and the new drill program should allow us to start to demonstrate its true potential.” stated Darren Koningen, CEO of Minera Alamos.

Peñasquito trabaja día y noche para recuperarse del bloqueo

Más de 5 mil trabajadores, propios y subcontratados, laboran por turnos las 24 horas de todos los días, incluidos sábados y domingos, en la mina a cielo abierto Peñasquito, para compensar la caída de la producción de oro, plata, cobre, plomo y zinc luego de 81 días de bloqueo en el complejo ubicado en el valle de Mazapil, en el norte de Zacatecas.

Kootenay Announces Drill Results Confirming Shallow, High Grade Silver Mineralization on Columba Silver Project, Mexico

Kootenay President and CEO James McDonald states, ‘We are off to a successful start with our first six holes drilled at Columba verifying the F Vein is where expected and carrying high grade silver mineralization as high as 775 gpt silver. Drilling and detailed surface mapping confirms our belief the system is large and strong giving us added confidence in the chances of discovering a high-grade silver deposit.’

Mako Mining – Corporate Update

Mako Mining Corp. is pleased to provide an update on its recently completed rights offering; progress at its fully-permitted San Albino project in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua where we are developing a high-grade open pit gold mine next year; the closing down of its La Trinidad mine in Sinaloa, Mexico; and management and board changes, including the appointment of Akiba Leisman, formerly Interim CEO, as CEO of Mako.

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