The world's two largest silver mines have seen their productivity decline substantially due to falling ore grades and rising costs. Gone are the days when silver mines could produce silver at 15-20 ounces per ton. Today, the Primary Silver Mining Industry is likely producing silver at an average yield of 4-5
In 2016, Coeur Mining (CDE) stock gained ~270.0%, which was among the highest in its peer group. In 2017, however, the situation reversed as its stock fell 17.5% during the year. Coeur Mining's loss was higher than the 1.7% return generated by the Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL), which tracks the performance of the
Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 6:17 PM - U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of Utah wilderness will reopen much of the iconic terrain to gold, silver, copper, and uranium land claims under a Wild West-era mining law, according to federal officials. Starting at 6 a.m.
The agreement will fund an airborne survey of the Flin Flon and Creighton region, which is a well-known, "highly prospective" area. Three mines are already in operation in the region. The 777 mine, near Flin Flon, mines zinc and copper, and smaller amounts of gold and silver. The Lalor mine in the Chisel
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of Utah wilderness will reopen much of the iconic terrain to gold, silver, copper, and uranium land claims under a Wild West-era mining law, according to federal officials. Starting
Speaking to the Investing News Network at the recent Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, Casey suggested looking at the mining industry. "I think the next bubble - and it's very logical - is going to be in gold and silver and other metals. They're the only things in the world that are cheap right
This scavenging is a sign of how far the famed Bawdwin mine, in northern Shan State's Namtu Township, has fallen. Chinese workers have been mining for silver at Bawdwin since the 1400s. Abandoned in the 1850s, mining resumed under Mr Herbert Hoover - a future US president - in the early 1900s
Mexico-focused silver miner First Majestic Silver (CN:FR) has shored up its finances, closing a US$150 million offering of convertible senior notes ahead
Prospero Silver (CVE:PSL) tells Proactive they are prospecting the far end of a massive 12km long, 30 ft wide silver vein in an old silver mine in Pachuca, Mexico, taking a look at the rocks around the highest grade portion of the vein. The team is focusing their work 200-300 meters below the rocks, planning
"This year will be transformative for Americas Silver with the San Rafael Mine and mill ramping up to full capacity by the middle of the year," said Americas Silver President and CEO Darren Blasutti. "We are expecting record free cash flow, earnings, and silver equivalent production for the Company as we
At the smaller end of town, Coro Mining Corp (CN:COP) gained 12.5% to C13.5c - it last week agreed to acquire claims next to its Marimaca copper-gold development project in Chile. Silver Bear Resources (CN:SBR), which is aiming to achieve first silver production at its Mangazeisky silver project in
In this part of the series, we'll scrutinize the technical details of silver mining shares. We've chosen First Majestic Silver (AG), Wheaton Precious Metals (SLW), Coeur Mining (CDE), and Hecla Mining (HL) for analysis. Among these four silver miners, AG, CDE, and HL have risen 0.30%, 2.3%, and 1.8%,
Historic Silver City, New Mexico, established in 1870, advertises itself as the "Gateway to 3.3 million acres of solitude." Highlights on my recent visit included visits to an art gallery, visitor center, museum and some fun shops. Just out of town I was able to explore the Gila Forest and Wilderness and travel on
Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE: FSM) and Nexa Resources (NYSE:NEXA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst
The Casino copper and silver mine proposed by Vancouver-based Western Copper and Gold Corp. on a stream called Canadian Creek that drains into the Yukon River. The earthen dam for Casino's tailings pond would stretch 285 metres in height and hold eight times the volume of the Mount Polley
The speculative urban Real Estate market crashes and gold and silver soar as a safehaven, amplified by acute shortage of physical, most of which now resides in vaults in China. Gold and silver miners, already streamlined and efficient, stand to make fortunes as gold and silver prices race far above their
The global search for deposits of cobalt in safe and socially responsible mining jurisdictions has led many exploration firms back to the historic northeastern Ontario silver mining district to secure a supply of what once a largely discarded by-product metal. First Cobalt will obviously derive some benefit from
First Majestic is a mining company focused on growing primary silver production in Mexico and is aggressively pursuing the development of its existing mineral property assets. The Company presently owns and operates six producing silver mines; the La Parrilla Silver Mine, the San Martin Silver Mine, the
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viscount Mining Corp. (TSX-V:VML) (OTCQB:VLMGF) ("Viscount" or "the Company"), is pleased to announce the third set of assay results from the Phase 2 HQ core drilling program at their Silver Cliff property in the Hardscrabble Silver
In my previous commentaries, I expressed some concern that the lag in the silver price vis-? -vis gold was a slight concern for the near-term outlook. The path of least resistance for gold and gold mining shares was of course still bullish, but silver's failure to fully participate in gold's recent gains was a fly in