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Right now, the U.S. Mint is celebrating the thirtieth year of the American Eagle bullion coinage program. To do so, they are offering two special issue Silver Eagles. Instead of having their standard reeded edges, both the Proof and Uncirculated versions of the 2016 American Eagle one-ounce silver dollars sold to collectors have a lettered edge. Inscribed, fittingly and simply, are the words, “30th Anniversary.” Lest one think this is in any way self-congratulatory or puffery, consider this: the Silver Eagle, at 30 years of age, is the single most important coin being produced in the world today. That cannot [...]

Silver Krugerrands Produced By South African Mint – New Source Of Demand For Silver Coins As interest in silver investment expands throughout the world, the South African Mint will produce its first Silver Krugerrand (1 oz ) which will be released this November. Silver Krugerrands (1 oz) 2017 (Source: SRSrocco) As reported by Steve St. Angelo on Silver Seek: “This is quite remarkable as the South African Mint has been producing Gold Krugerrands since 1967. Matter-a-fact, the South African Mint has produced over 50 million oz of Gold Krugerrands over the past 49 years. It is the largest Official Gold [...]

Thunderstruck Resources Ltd. (TSXV:AWE) is a Canadian junior mining company with its operations based on the island of Fiji. While not considered a mining jurisdiction, Fiji has hosted a mining industry for a full century, and the nation has a number of highly prospective geological formations. Thunderstruck has identified and acquired three exciting prospects on the island: the Liwa Creek Gold property, and two VMS projects, Nakoro and Wainaleka. Altogether, the land packages comprise roughly 4% of Fiji's main island. Previously, Anglo American spent approximately $10 million (CAD) exploring these properties, providing AWE with a considerable volume of historical data [...]

By Terry Yaremchuk After almost a month of a strengthening US dollar index, it appears that an interim top has been reached. The Dollar Index was halted in its tracks right at that congestion zone, indicated by the yellow highlight band. Further confirmation is indicated by Relative Strength Index (RSI) breaking down out of overbought territory, in conjunction with Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) curling negative, as noted by the blue circles. A probable near term target is the convergence of support lines at 96. Source: investing.com, Oct. 28, 2016 Where it goes from there is uncertain, but a breakdown below [...]

 Almaden Minerals (“Almaden” or “the Company”) (TSX: AMM) (NYSE MKT: AAU) is pleased to report on the Company's 100% owned Ixtaca gold-silver deposit located in Puebla State, Mexico and the progress of its on-going Pre-Feasibility (“PFS”) level metallurgical test work program. The 2016 metallurgical test work has focused on continued optimization of the gravity and flotation concentration circuits, and of leach reagent consumption rates. Results reported today are consistent with the Amended Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) overall recovery projections of 90% gold and 90% silver for the limestone domain (see January 22nd, 2016 press release). The limestone domain represents approximately [...]

VANCOUVER, Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Kootenay Silver (TSXV:KTN) is pleased to report 11 core drill holes totaling 2,100 meters have been completed and submitted for assaying on the Ram Zone as part of its initial 3,000 meter drill program on its 100% owned La Cigarra silver project (the “Property”), located in Chihuahua State, Mexico. The 11 holes tested the northern 500 meters of strike on the Ram structure. Management believes the RAM target has potential to host high-grade silver mineralization within a large structurally controlled anomalous silver trend measuring 3.8 kilometers in length.  Assay results will be released once received [...]

Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX:TV) announces results from three diamond drill holes that are part of the ongoing 2016 underground exploration drill program at its Santander Zinc Mine in Peru. The aim of the current phase of drilling is to extend the down-dip expression of the Magistral Central (MC) zone, to test between Magistral North (MN) and MC zones in addition to test for the potential presence of hanging-wall hosted “Oyon” mineralization. Drill hole MC-181 targeted the area between MC and MN at the 4370 level where geological modeling indicted the presence of a high priority target. The sub-horizontal drill hole intersected [...]

AZARGA METALS CORP. (“Azarga Metals” or the “Company”) (TSXV:AZR) announces: new assay results from its Unkur Silver-Copper Project in the Zabaikalsky administrative region of eastern Russia; confirmation of a second (previously undiscovered) horizon of significant mineralization; a further expansion of its first phase drilling program to approximately 6,200 cumulative linear meters; identification of visible copper mineralization in two trenches; and the retention of SRK Consulting (Russia) Ltd. (“SRK”) to prepare a maiden NI 43-101 Resource estimate. HIGHLIGHTS Assays for four new holes received. All intersected significant mineralization. Highlights include: 10 meters at 134.2g/t silver and 1.63% copper, with a six [...]

VANCOUVER, BC–(Marketwired – October 31, 2016) – Arizona Mining Inc. (TSX: AZ) (“Arizona Mining” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce a Mineral Resource update for the Taylor Zn-Pb-Ag sulfide deposit located on its 100%-owned Hermosa Project in Arizona. The deposit now comprises 31.1 million tons in the Indicated Mineral Resource category grading 10.9% zinc equivalent (“ZnEq”) plus 82.7 million tons of Inferred Mineral Resource grading 11.1% zinc equivalent (ZnEq), both reported in accordance with NI 43-101 guidelines utilizing a 4% ZnEq cutoff grade. CEO Jim Gowans commented, “Based on work to date, this updated Mineral Resource estimate indicates that [...]

The S&P/TSX Composite index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) was down last week by 1 percent to 14,785.29 points. Reuters Canada reported on Friday that energy stocks and lower oil prices drove the index down after reaching a 16 month high the week before. Still, a number of sectors on the index saw firm weekly gains. Companies that were on the upward swing for the five-day period included: Euromax Resources (TSX:EOX) Perseus Mining (TSX:PRU) Arizona Mining (TSX:AZ) Nautilus Minerals (TSX:NUS) AuRico Metals (TSX:AMI) Here's a look at those companies: Are you thinking of investing in zinc – “the 2nd best-performing metal of 2016” after silver? Find out everything [...]