On average, Canada produces over 1000 tonnes of silver annually. While the provinces of New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario are responsible for the majority of that production, British Columbia, and the territories of Nunavut and the Yukon are quickly becoming hot beds for silver exploration and development projects.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Silver is an extremely rare metal only occurring in igneous rock at a concentration of only 0.07 parts per million. For comparison, copper is approximately 785 times more prevalent. Due to its rarity, the main concern in gauging the potential value of a silver deposit is the amount of metal present.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Several silver mining companies, including Great Panther Silver, Fortuna Silver, ECU Silver and Bear Creek Mining, have announced some interesting news this week.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Overview Endeavour Silver Corp. is a Canadian based silver mining company focused on the growth of its silver production, reserves and resources in Mexico. Since founding in 2004, production has grown to producing 2,340,000 ounces of silver (plus gold) in 2008, proven and probable reserves of 9.5 million ounces of silver equivalent (Ag-Eq), indicated resources [...]
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News After reaching a nine-month high on Friday, the spot price for July silver on the COMEX closed down 8 cents to $14.61 an ounce Tuesday on a rebounding dollar, a slight Wall Street rally and profit-taking. But many industry analysts view this dip as merely a pullback before [...]
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Monday, May 4, 2009
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News The price of silver traded back above $13 an ounce for the first time in more than a week on Monday, climbing 4.4 per cent to outperform gold (1.74 per cent). Silver is riding gold’s rally ahead of key economic indicator reports including details of the U.S. government’s [...]
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Monday, April 27, 2009
First Majestic Silver (TSE:FM) reported today that they produced over one million ounces of silver in the first quarter of 2009. Overall head grade across FM’s three mines in Mexico increased to 222 grams per tonne of silver, increasing from 207 g/t Ag in the last quarter of 2008. Recoveries are expected to increase significantly [...]
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Monday, March 30, 2009
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Uncertainty over the future of the U.S. dollar and the global economy in general is understandably creating volatility in precious metals prices. After a close of $13.34/oz in New York on Friday, silver has started the week down as low as $12.99 on Monday. CrownForex analysts mark the [...]
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News On Tuesday, the silver price hit its lowest level in nearly a month as the equities market rebounded. The S&P 500 Index rose 1.5 per cent. “Another sector rotation could take place with speculative funds abandoning safe-haven assets to pile into oversold equity markets,” said Jon Nadler, senior [...]
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Silver Investing News Silver has experienced some volatile price actions over the last few weeks and is looking more bullish than gold. Both precious metals are benefitting from what analysts and traders like Matt Zeman of LaSalle Futures are calling “a general return to risk appetite.” A weaker dollar and a [...]
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