December 6, 2020

Mexican President said stage.mining.companies cannot refuse to pay taxes

Andrés Manuel López Obrador reminded miners that, since March, the Constitution forbids tax waivers and exemptions.

December 3, 2020

Defiance Silver aims to triple land position in Zacatecas silver district

Defiance Silver plans to enlarge its land holdings by acquiring Pan American Silver’s Lucita property.

December 2, 2020

Gold price rebounds on stimulus bets, weak dollar

Gold registered its worst monthly performance in four years in November.

December 1, 2020

Altiplano Metals to acquire gold project in Nicaragua

The Canadian miner said that the deal will be done for a consideration of $3 million.

November 25, 2020

Mexico mulls reviving plans for nature reserve in mining district

Proposal seeks to set a semi-arid desert biosphere reserve covering 2.58Mha across eight municipalities of the Zacatecas state.

November 25, 2020

Mexico approves Minera Alamos’ environmental statement for La Fortuna gold project

The company now has all the key federal approvals necessary for the construction of a commercial-scale mine at the La Fortuna site.

November 23, 2020

Blockade at Equinox Los Filos hinders mine restart

Preparations to resume operations at the gold-silver mine in Mexico had to be suspended.

November 20, 2020

Biden easing up on Cuba would boost Canadian miner, CEO says

Sherritt was pushed to the brink during Trump’s tenure; its market value sunk to a record $22.8 million in March.

November 19, 2020

Aura Minerals signs offtake deal with Trafigura

Shares of Aura Minerals were up 3.6% on the deal offtake deal.

November 19, 2020

Sierra Metals stock up on Yauricocha PEA

Early-stage study on an expansion of the mine in Peru suggests a throughput increase to 5,500 t/d, up from 3,150 t/d currently.