Coeur lifts profit 11%, resumes mining in Alaska

US-based precious-metals miner Coeur d’Alene on Monday posted higher first-quarter earnings, on the back of stronger gold and silver prices, significantly reduced costs of silver production and resumed mining at its Kensington mine, in Alaska....

Company Announcement: South American Silver Corp. Announces Final Closing of $16 Million Financing with Asian based High Technology Groups

South American Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that it has closed the final tranche of $9.6 million, of its $16 million private placement Offering of 10 million Units of the Company announced 16 April 2012.

SRK to re-enter Peru after merger with SVS Ingenieros

A merger between diversified resources consulting group SRK Consulting and its Peruvian counterpart SVS Ingenieros will see the re-entry of SRK into Peru, as well as the diversification of mining services currently offered by SVS in that country.

ArcelorMittal’s iron-ore investments, Australian gold exploration in W Africa, S Africa in low mining destination rung

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal is investing more in iron-ore in South America and Africa; Australian junior Middle Island is pushing exploration hard in West Africa, and South Africa a low 20th on mining investment destination ladder.

Australia, Canada and Chile seen as top mining destinations

Australia, Canada and Chile have remained the top resources investment destinations, while Russia, Bolivia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Papua New Guinea fell to the lowest rated countries of the 25 considered in minerals industry adviser...

Company Announcement: South American Silver Advances Escalones and Malku Khota Projects

The Escalones copper-gold project is located in the world-class central Chilean mining district which includes the nearby El Teniente deposit - the world's largest underground copper mine. The project is accessible by road and is approximately 100...

Integrated mine planning gets a boost

For more than 40 years, global software and service provider Mintec has pioneered mining software while opening a worldwide network of offices to serve the industry.

SA improves in global mining ranking – survey

South Africa ranked 54th out of 93 global mining jurisdictions in this year’s Survey of Mining Companies, compiled by Canada’s Fraser Institute. This compared with South Africa’s 67th place out of 79 jurisdictions last year. South...

Fraser Institute poll names New Brunswick most attractive mining jurisdiction

New Brunswick has snatched the title as the most attractive jurisdiction to explore for minerals and build mines in the Fraser Institute’s yearly survey, jumping from last year’s position of twenty-third to beat Alberta. Of the 93...

Company Announcement: Extensive Brines in Sand Rich Layers Intersected at International Lithium Mariana Lithium-Potash Brine Project, Argentina

“We are very encouraged by the granular stratigraphic units intersected, which in conjunction with the brine density measurements and flow observations, indicate the potential for a significant brine aquifer at the Mariana lithium-potash...

Republic Gold halts Bolivian project amid uncertainty

ASX-listed Republic Gold has suspended its operations at the Amayapampa gold project, in Bolivia, as the company awaited certainty around issues of nationalistation and the implications of the draft Mining Code. MD Campbell Smith said on Friday...

Company Announcement: High-Grade Lithium Boulder Field Discovered

“The high-grade lithium pegmatite boulder field identified at Moylisha significantly reinforces the potential to discover buried pegmatite bodies on the Property” states Mike Sieb, President of the Company. “These results, from a cursory...