AbraSilver / AbraPlata

This week’s Canadian mining recap tracks Barrick backing a Golden Triangle junior with a $20.9 million stake, a Sprott-backed three-way silver merger, a completed cross-border gold producer merger, and a ~$44 million financing package for a New Brunswick copper-zinc complex, all unfolding against a choppy, “Fear”-dominated precious-metals tape. Add a bonanza-grade silver discovery in Ontario and a standout copper-gold porphyry hit in British Columbia, and it’s clear junior-level consolidation and capital formation are proceeding on their own momentum. Read the full weekly recap for the details. [more]

AbraSilver (TSX: ABRA) is progressing its 100%-owned Diablillos silver-gold project in Argentina, following a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) and successful equity financings totaling $58.5 million. The Diablillos project includes a Proven and Probable Reserve of 124 million silver ounces and 1.1 million gold ounces, with an after-tax NPV of US$747 million and a 27.6% IRR. AbraSilver has also partnered with Teck Resources at its La Coipita copper-gold project. Kinross Gold and Eric Sprott participated in the recent financings, reinforcing industry support as the company advances toward a full Feasibility Study at Diablillos expected later this year. [more]