First Majestic taps diplomat to resolve Mexico tax dispute The miner wrote to Canadian ambassador Graeme Clark and is hoping to set up a meeting with Lopez Obrador. Reuters | June 15, 2020 | 8:50 am
Top miners in good position to weather covid-19 – report PwC forecasts that miners will take a hit to EBITDA of approximately 6% in 2020. MINING.com Editor | June 12, 2020 | 12:13 pm
Evrim and Renaissance join in ‘merger of equals’ The new company will have a royalty portfolio that includes a 2% net smelter return royalty on First Majestic’s Ermitano West gold deposit in Sonora. Northern Miner Staff | June 12, 2020 | 8:56 am
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week BHP to revise expansion, Novagold hits back at short-seller, Silvercorp walk away from Guyana Goldfields, and more... MINING.com Editor | June 11, 2020 | 1:33 pm
First Majestic buys silver stream on First Mining’s Springpole project Springpole is considered one of Canada’s largest undeveloped gold projects. Jackson Chen | June 11, 2020 | 11:32 am
Obrador urges Canadian mining firms to pay taxes Nearly 70% of foreign-owned mining companies operating in Mexico are based in Canada. Reuters | June 10, 2020 | 11:09 am
Gold price back above $1,700 before Fed meetings Gold price climbed 1.0% on Tuesday ahead of the Fed's two-day meeting. Jackson Chen | June 9, 2020 | 8:20 am
Emerging technologies to drive silver demand From March 18 through June 1, silver soared more than 52%, erasing all of its losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. Frank Holmes - US Global Investors | June 8, 2020 | 2:29 pm
Yamana Gold to apply AI at Cerro Moro mine Yamana has hired machine learning expert GoldSpot to identify new drilling targets at its gold-silver mine in Argentina. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 8, 2020 | 7:05 am