Interview: Mark Bailey of Minefinders (TSX:MFL)

2011/09/11

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 »

Interview: Bradford Cooke of Endeavour Silver (TSX:EDR)

Mexico has enjoyed an extended period of relative political stability with the exception of a few hotly contested elections. Most recently in 2006Â... Read more »

The ghosts of Bre-X: mining in Indonesia today

2011/05/19

On March 19th, 1997 Michael de Guzman, the exploration manager for would-be miner Bre-X, jumped from an Alouette helicopter flying eight-hundred feet ... Read more »

Sprott still bullish on Silver

2011/05/17

Eric Sprott, founder of Toronto-based investment firm Sprott Asset Management, is generally considered to be of Canada’s best investment manager... Read more »

Gold + Silver + Copper + Zinc = Eritrea

2011/05/15

Eritrea, a funnel shaped country that borders The Red Sea, was, because of its unstable political history, a bit of a mystery to the international min... Read more »

Dogs of the downturn: worst performing TSX 60 miners in May

2011/05/13

Blink and you may have missed it. If the recent downturn in commodities is coming to an end, as some suggest, it was a brief correction. While the rec... Read more »

Great Panther Silver a picture of success

2011/03/16

A pretty picture. That’s what Vancouver’s Great Panther Silver (TSX:GPR), which today reported record earnings and revenue for fiscal 2010... Read more »

International Northair shines as silver rises

2011/03/07

The tortoise and the hare. There’s no doubt which is which when you’re talking about gold and silver, but the slow steady rise of silver h... Read more »