Graduation Day: Cartier Resources completes its PEA

ECR.V, Cartier Resources, gold, Quebec, Chimo Mine

A Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) is a significant milestone for junior exploration companies, essentially it promotes them into a select group of “valued asset” owners in the mining industry. It is a third-party assessment of the economic viability of the project’s resource estimates which a company has completed to date and it is an outline of the steps to be taken to reach commercial production. read more

Tocvan Commences the Drilling Season at the El Picacho Gold/Silver Project in Sonora Mexico

TOC.CSE, Tocvan Ventures, gold, silver, Mexico

Announcing the start of the operating season is usually a somewhat ho-hum press release. However, Tocvan Ventures (TOC:CSE) is beginning to drill the 24 km2 area that makes up the El Picacho Project in Sonora Mexico. While the company will continue to work on its Pilar project, the real excitement this season will come from Picacho. read more