Archive for 2010

El Tigre Silver Corp. – Silver Exploration and Development in Sonora, Mexico

El Tigre Silver Corp. (CVE:ELS)((Frankfurt: 5RT) (Pinksheert: EGRTF), is a silver exploration and development company that is based in Vancouver, B.C., with an office in Hermosillo, Mexico, traded on the TSX.V The company currently owns 100% of nine mining concessions comprising of 43,098 hectares located in the Sierra El Tigre, northeastern Sonora State in Mexico (The El Tigre Property).

Market Trends in Silver 2010

The price of silver has increased 70 percent in 2010. Supported by economic concerns and rebounding industrial demand, silver shined. The economic concerns and loose monetary policy in the US and Europe persist, adding to inflationary fears. While there is healthy debate on where the price is headed most analysts see the bull market for silver continuing in 2011.

Avino Closes $5.1 Million Financing

Avino Silver & Gold Mines (CVE:ASM) reports that it has closed a non-brokered private placement with aggregate gross proceeds of $5,130,000 from the sale of 2,700,000 units at a price of $1.90 per unit.

Avrupa Minerals – Seven Mining Projects Throughout Portugal and Kosovo

Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (CVE:AVU), formerly Evergreen Capital Ltd., is a junior exploration company based in Vancouver, Canada. The Company focuses on a variety of resources, particularly copper-zinc and tungsten deposits in Portugal, and silver-lead-zinc-gold deposits in Kosovo. The Company currently holds four licenses and one application in Portugal through its 90%-owned subsidiary MAEPA Lda. and two licenses in Kosovo through it’s 92.55-owned subsidiary Innomatik Exploration Kosovo (IEK).