MAG Silver Corp. announces that the contractor hired by Fresnillo plc to construct the ramp decline on behalf of the Minera Juanicipio S.A. de C.V. Joint Venture, has received its full explosives permit from the Mexican Ministry of Defense. Development of the Juanicipio ramp decline is now being advanced with conventional drill and blast cycles as well as with the continuous miner.
Great Panther Silver, a precious metals miner that is dealing with an illegal occupation at its Guanajuato mine in Mexico, has announced its year-end and fourth quarter results, which showed operational improvements such as record metal production despite the hit from weak gold and silver prices.
On March 9th, at around 2:00 pm PDT, approximately 60 people gained unauthorized entry to the Company’s main administration building and plant facility in Guanajuato and continue to illegally occupy the facilities. All employees and contractors are safe and accounted for, and are off site. There have been no reports of any violence. Mining, plant and administration services have been shut down until the situation is resolved. The authorities have been notified but have not yet taken action.
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. is pleased to announce new results for step-out drilling of the Trinidad North discovery located contiguous with the San Jose mine in Oaxaca, Mexico. Assay results are included for eight drill holes completed in January and February of 2014. The results continue to confirm the extension of the Trinidad North zone with high-grade silver-gold mineralization present over wide vein widths. The results reported herein lie within a 200 meter strike extension of the Trinidad system and generally outside of the limits of the existing Inferred Resources.
A Canadian mining company said Wednesday that an illegal miner was killed in a clash with guards at the firms silver mine in central Mexico.
The Company is pleased to announce that New World Metals has acquired a mill which will be installed within the next 120 days. The mill will be located 15 kms outside of Parral, Mexico, and will be used to process ore currently stockpiled and being produced at the Morelos, La Luna and Peneto mines. The mill will have the capacity to process 20 tons a day and produce gold and silver concentrate through a single-stage flotation circuit process. The concentrate will be shipped to a refinery located in Torreon, Mexico. New World Metals has informed the Company that it anticipates sending its first shipment of gold and silver concentrate by June 2014. New World continues to develop its underground operations at each of its three operating mines.
Endeavour Silver Corp. y Mina Bolañitos S.A. de C.V. trabajan desde mediados del año pasado en acciones de compactación de la tierra y tratamiento del camino que va de la Mina Lucero a la planta de beneficio Bolañitos mediante la gestión de un proyecto de consolidación de suelos, con el objetivo de aminorar las emisiones de polvo generado por el transporte de carga y evitar cualquier tipo de afectación a los telescopios del Observatorio Astronómico de la Universidad de Guanajuato.
Riverside Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on the Peñoles project in Durango, Mexico. The 3,000-metre drilling program is designed to expand on the known silver and gold mineralized areas identified by previous drilling campaigns.
Cayden Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received drilling permits for the Peña de Oro target located within the companies 100% optioned El Barqueño Concessions in Jalisco State, Mexico where drilling will commence immediately.
Mexicos notoriously violent drug lords are diversifying their sources of revenue through illegal mining, tapping now into the iron ore industry, as a major police, soldiers and government inspectors raid at one of the countrys main ports revealed Tuesday.
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