Tag: Exploration and Development

Mexus Gold US Signs Option/Joint Venture Agreement

Mexus Gold US announced today that after months of negotiating with several mining companies an agreement has been reached. President Paul Thompson is proud to announce that Mexus has signed an option/joint venture agreement with Minera Real del Oro S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation, which is wholly owned by Argonaut Gold Inc. Argonaut has the knowledge and experience along with the necessary capital to plan, drill, and bring the Julio/Martha Elena project into production..

Airborne Geophysical Survey Completed at Promontorio

Azure Minerals Limited is pleased to announce that the first phase of airborne geophysical surveying program at Promontorio has been completed. This program is part of the Earn-In and Joint Venture Agreement with Kennecott Exploration Mexico S.A. de C. V., part of the Rio Tinto Group.

Environmental groups call for regulation as world dives into deep sea mining

Deep sea mining is one of those long-held commercial dreams that just decades ago seemed to be a sci-fi fantasy. But now that firms and international groups are preparing to shift their very costly exploratory projects into lucrative operations, environmental groups are pushing to get the right international regulations in place to protect deep sea ecosystems.

Cancela AHMSA plan de despidos

Altos Hornos de México canceló anoche el plan de despidos que había anunciado con antelación. Hubo arreglo con la Secretaría de Economía que se comprometió con la industria siderúrgica a combatir la competencia desleal en el mercado acerero.

Bacanora Sonora Lithium Project Update

BACANORA MINERALS LTD., the Canadian and London listed lithium and borates company based in Mexico, is pleased to provide an update on progress on the ongoing development work that is being conducted in connection with its upcoming pre-feasibility study at its Sonora Lithium Project. This ongoing development work and the resulting PFS are expected to be used to design a plant capable of potentially delivering up to 50,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate. This highlights Bacanora’s strategy to continue the transition from an exploration company into a mine development company.

Southern Silver Starts Drilling on Cerro Las Minitas and Releases Encouraging Metallurgical Results

Up to 10,000 metres of core drilling is planned as part of the $US 2 million, 2015 exploration program and will target both known zones of mineralization and new discoveries on the property. An initial five holes will test the Blind and El Sol mineralized zones to up to 600 metres depth. Success in this drilling could significantly expand the depth and strike projection of these mineralized zones. Further holes will test for new zones of mineralization in the Mina La Bocona and the North Skarn zones and will test other geophysical and geochemical targets outboard of the Central Intrusion.

Defiance Step-Out Drilling Extends Wide Zones of Mineralization

Defiance Silver Corp. is pleased to report that results from a further three holes drilled in its Phase I core drilling program on the San Acacio deposit have extended the wide, high grade mineralization encountered in the first three holes eastward by 100m. Phase I is designed to test for a continuation of mineralization at depth and along strike beyond the current resource and the workings of the past producing San Acacio mine.

Timmins Gold Commences Underground Pilot Phase at its San Francisco Mine

Timmins Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that the Company has commenced drifting into the underground veins parallel to the south wall of the San Francisco pit. The drift is part of a pilot phase designed to test the mining and processing of the underground ore in preparation for full scale underground mining.

Planifican explotación de reservas minerales

A fin de planificar la explotación de recursos minerales, la empresa Datamine, mediante el Comité de Talento Humano del Cluster Minero de Zacatecas (Clusmin), facilitó el seminario Plan Agotativo de Reservas, en el que participaron alrededor de 40 trabajadores de diferentes unidades mineras.

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