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It is the 500th edition of our weekly newsletter and we thank our subscribers for their patronage. A significant M&A transaction triggered by the capitulation of a management team operating a high-grade silver mine in Guatemala was the highlight of the week in the mining sector. Drilling and exploration updates from a copper-gold explorer in Peru and a zinc explorer in the Yukon. Prospect generator seeking partners for Ni-Co-Cu project in Brazil. Site visit notes to prospect generator’s precious metal assets in Argentina and update from JV on a precious metal prospect in northern Chile.

Greetings from the western end of the Silk Road. We analyze the weaker demand for gold year-to-date mainly due to investment-related outflows from US-based gold ETFs during the third quarter. We also review the expansion of a zinc explorer's footprint in the Yukon, the end of a successful drill program seeking porphyry copper-gold in British Columbia, a deal on a prospect generator's copper asset in Brazil, and a promising new vein system in Mexico.