North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Less than a year after its acquisition of Silvertip, Coeur Mining Inc. has reached commercial production at the high-grade silver-zinc-lead mine in northern British Columbia.

During August, the mill at Silvertip processed an average of roughly 450 metric tons of ore per day, up from around 350 metric tons per day during July and approximately 250 mtpd during June. Processing rates regularly ran...