New Discovery at the Aya Morocco Project: High-Grade Ore Zone Drives Progress

Vizsla Silver’s Panuco silver ore project in Mexico, with its feasibility study results, demonstrates outstanding economic metrics. The project is expected to achieve annual production of 17.4 million ounces of silver equivalent over a 9.4-year mine life. Its after-tax net present value is as high as $1.8 billion, and its internal rate of return reached 111. At present, the enterprise has ample cash reserves exceeding $450 million, and project financing has been fully secured. The project is expected to commence first production in H2 2027, and the current permitting process is progressing steadily in line with expectations.

The Iran war continues to roil global markets, but gold isn’t shining so brightly right now even though many have long considered it a safe haven during a crisis.

Johnson Matthey, in North America (e.g., refineries in Michigan and New Jersey), increased the yield and throughput of high-purity platinum and palladium (purity of 99.99%+) by optimizing solvent extraction and electrolysis purification processes and upgrading automation, in order to address the tight supply of raw materials from South Africa and Russia. BASF, in North America (e.g., sites in Michigan and Ohio), focused on improving the efficiency of secondary refining of platinum and palladium as well as catalyst regeneration, while expanding capacity for high-purity platinum and palladium salts and sponge, in order to offset the impact of restricted imports of Russian platinum group metals (PGMs) and production cuts at South African mines.