In the current squeeze on the junior sector, much has been said about the challenges in raising money and the impact of lower precious metals prices on the cash costs and feasibility of future projects. However, in these tough markets, another metric that investors should pay close attention to is the General and Administration (G&A)… Continue Reading

NOT COLARADO — Better than gold? Maybe. The Precious Metals Summit webcast is in gear. This is the Colorado conference that precedes the Denver Gold Group gathering, a larger-company show that starts Sunday evening. The video quality at Precious Metals Summit is good, and the display for about 60-plus companies is indexed accordingly by time slot… Continue Reading

Torex Gold (TXG:TSX) put out its highly anticipated maiden resource at its Media Luna target, south of the river at its Morelos gold project in Guerrero State, Mexico.  The company announced an initial inferred resource comprised of 39.9 million tonnes at 2.63g/t gold, 24.46g/t silver and 0.97% copper which equates to 5.84 million gold equivalent… Continue Reading

Sulliden Gold (SUE:TSX) has cleared the final hurdle at its Shahuindo gold and silver project in northern Peru by receiving an ‘okay’ for their Environmental Impact Assessment.  With this milestone complete, after an 18 month permitting process, the company expects to begin construction within 30-60 days (once final project finance package completed).  The construction will… Continue Reading

Western Copper and Gold Corp.’s Casino deposit in the Yukon contains 18 million ounces of gold and 10 billion pounds of copper. WRN CEO Dale Corman delivered 20 fold returns to investors between 2001-2006. Can he do it again? Western Copper and Gold Corp. has approved this story. Please read their Cautionary Statement. In a bear… Continue Reading

In April of this year, Mexico’s Economics Committee in the Chamber of Deputies approved a proposed new 5% mining royalty tax.  Over the weekend, the Executive Branch of the Mexican federal government presented its 2014 Tax Reform proposal which included new mining specific federal royalties.  These included a Special Mining Royalty which is a 7.5%… Continue Reading

Newstrike Capital (NES:TSXV) hasn’t had an easy ride over the past year, with share prices hitting 3-year lows, however, they have been efficiently adding value to their Ana Paula project in Guerrero State, Mexico.  Today they discovered several high-priority targets on a parallel trend with the Ana Paula project (which, the market didn’t care for much… Continue Reading

Cayden Resources (CYD:TSXV) announced results of its surface program at the El Barqueno project in Jalisco State, Mexico. The company has been doing a focused surface program in order to identify targets for a 5,000m drill campaign they anticipate starting next week.  Trench results at the Pena de Oro target area included 20m of 3.6g/t gold, 8m… Continue Reading

McLeod-Williams zinc play, Full Metal Zinc (FZ:TSXV) announced that it intends to acquire the San Andres Silver Project in Durango, Mexico.  The project is brownfields and comes with a 300tpd mill and tailings facility, supposedly costing $6 million.  From 1890 to 1915, the property is said to have produced some 17 million ounces of silver. … Continue Reading

Torex Gold (TXG:TSX) released the final batch of results from its Media Luna target at the Morelos Gold Project in the Guerrero Belt in Mexico.  The company expects to release a maiden resource by mid-September on the Media Luna zone.  Highlights of the final holes include 19.9m of 11.56 gold equivalent (8.17g/t gold, 24.53g/t silver and… Continue Reading

Cream Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:CMA) has entered into a LOI for the sale of its Nueveo Milenio Silver-Gold project in Mexico for $600,000. The acquisition is being led by a group which includes current Cream shareholders. In November 2010, Vancouver-based Endeavour Silver made a 14 cent offer for all of Cream’s 88 million shares, implying Nuevo Milenio… Continue Reading

Primero Mining Corp (TSX:P) provides an update on the proceedings at the Cerro del Gallo Au-Ag project in Mexico. Primero acquired the Cerro del Gallo project in May 2013 from Cerro Resources NL in a share/cash/spin-out deal that saw Primero retaining a 69.2% interest in the project; offering Cerro Resources shareholders 0.023 Primero shares and shares… Continue Reading

Geologix Explorations (GIX:TSX) released revised cash cost estimates for its Tepal Cu-Au project in Michoacan, Mexico in accordance with WGC Standards (total cash cost = mining costs + on-site G&A + treatment/refining charges + royalties + transportation + by-product credits). Due to the large Cu component, GIXs total cash costs are estimated at US$238/oz Au which leaves… Continue Reading

Today we learned that PI Financial Corp. has updated coverage on Silver Bull Resources (TSX: SVB) (NYSE: SVBL), one of the few junior mining names we own. Following the release of positive test results from the silver mineralization zone at the company’s flagship project in Mexico, analyst Philip Ker reiterated his buy recommendation, maintaining his 12-month target… Continue Reading

We caught up with Bob Moriarty, editor of 321GOLD.com this morning on his way to visit the Sierra Mojada silver/zinc project in Mexico (Silver Bull Resources, Inc.). A former American Marine fighter pilot who flew over 800 combat missions, Moriarty is also a veteran precious metals analyst, visiting dozens of mineral projects around the world each… Continue Reading