PDAC 2012 – Mining Milestones in March

2012/03/05

After meeting with mining companies for the past two days at the annual PDAC convention in Toronto, we’re pleased to present a list of upcoming ... Read more »

Gold & Silver Drop as QE3 on Back Burner

2012/02/29

Today, the U.S. Commerce Department said the economy grew at a slightly faster pace in the final three months of last year. It expanded at a 3.0 perce... Read more »

Silver Stocks & Bullion Gaining Ground

2012/01/26

Silver stocks and silver bullion have been on the upswing over the last month – the shiny white metal has tacked on more than 20 percent. Today,... Read more »

Week in Review: Gold, Silver & Base Metals

2012/01/21

Canadian fund manager Eric Sprott said this week he was bullish on precious metals and bearish on cyclical commodities like base metals. Sprott said,Â... Read more »

Mining Exploration Up 50% in 2011

2011/11/23

According to Metals Economics Group’s (MEG) Corporate Exploration Strategies, the estimated total 2011 budget for nonferrous metals exploration surg... Read more »

Silver and Gold Stocks Paying Dividends

2011/11/10

With money markets and Treasuries yielding next to nothing these days, investors are finding income in new places. One area those investors should con... Read more »

Movers and Shakers

2011/09/17

Here are your “Movers and Shakers” for the week ending September 16th, 2011 on the TSX and TSX-V Exchanges. In no particular order, these ... Read more »

Silvercorp in the Hot-Seat

2011/09/11

The British Columbia Securities Commission said on Friday it’s conducting a regulatory investigation into anonymous allegations against Silverco... Read more »

Interview: Mark Bailey of Minefinders (TSX:MFL)

In early May silver reached a high of nearly $50 an ounce. Then it seemingly hit a psychological brick wall built by the Hunt brothers and beat a hast... Read more »

Silver production largely dependent on base metals

2011/08/10

World production of the gray precious metal rose again in 2010. Silver, unlike gold, has seen production levels increase since 2003. This differen... Read more »

Greece gives way to big Gains

2011/07/02

Like most Canadians, the TSX took a break for Canada day celebrations on Friday after posting four consecutive positive days. And to the south, U.S. s... Read more »

Peru goes to the Polls: 10 Mining Stocks to Watch

2011/06/02

A cursory look at Peruvian mining will show you that many of the world’s senior mining companies have operations there. The list of majors in th... Read more »

Silver – star performer in early 2011

2011/05/29

Welcome to the June edition of the Highgrade Review. This month’s issue is completely dedicated to silver mining and exploration companies listed on... Read more »

10 Most Interesting Silver Stocks – Part 1

In the early 1970s two brothers from Texas, William Herbert and Nelson Bunker Hunt, began accumulating silver. By 1979, the pair had effectively corne... Read more »

10 Most Interesting Silver Stocks – Part 2

3. Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX:AXR) Alexco Resource is Canada’s newest silver producer.  The company is focused on the Yukon Territory of Nor... Read more »

10 Most Interesting Silver Stocks – Part 3

What’s at the root of silver’s volatile ride in 2011? We can’t blame it on the Hunt brothers so let’s blame it on China. On Ap... Read more »

10 Most Interesting Silver Stocks – Part 4

8. Pan American Silver Corp. (TSX:PAA) Pan American Silver is the world’s second-largest primary silver producer and has its sights set on Fres... Read more »

Interview: Keith Neumeyer of First Majestic Silver (TSX:FR)

Mexico is a country rich in history and in silver. During the European conquest of the Americas, silver was discovered in Mexico in 1546 in what isÂ... Read more »

Interview: John Shanahan of Revett Minerals (TSX:RVM)

The justice system. An endless fount of interest. On March 29th, 2010, a federal judge rejected the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a mining ope... Read more »

Interview: Greg Johnson of South American Silver (TSX:SAC)

Evo Morales, of indigenous Aymara descent, was born in Isallawi village in the province of Oruro, Bolivia.  He was one of seven children born into a... Read more »