Daily Metals Mining Rundown for 17 Mar 2026 (intraday TSX)

Metal prices bounced and rose over past ~28 hrs, led by precious metals palladium, platinum, and silver rising +5%, +4%, and +2% - with silver back above $80/oz; Most mining stocks have traded flat to up slightly in the latest session; Covered announcements include resource update by Unico Silver for its Joaquin deposit in Argentina.

March 17, 2026

Today’s metal price movements (over past ~28hrs) and mining company peer group movements intraday TSX/NY (including earlier ASX movements):

Top and bottom 40 daily performing metals mining company stocks (out of 513 in our Peer Table) intraday TSX/NY (including earlier ASX movements):

Covered company announcements incorporated into today’s intraday TSX Peer Table (resource updates, economic studies, changes in attributable project ownership):

  • Silver explorer Unico Silver (ASX:USL) announced today (17 Mar) an updated resource estimate for its Joaquin deposit in Santa Cruz, Argentina – which grew its silver-equivalent ounces by +143% to 167 Moz AgEq, and which paves the way for an upcoming PFS for that project. Together with the company’s other nearby Cerro Leon project, combined mineral resources grew by ~44% to 266 Moz AgEq (4.5 Moz AuEq) based on our 3-month trailing average metal pricing, which are 69% attributable to silver, 24% from Au, rest Zn-Pb. USL stock gained +2.9% today (intraday 17 Mar) to 78c/sh (outperforming silver explorer group average daily drop of -2%) , market cap A$494m, and market cap/oz resource US$1.31/oz AgEq ($77/oz AuEq) – a narrow discount to our 31-company silver explorer peer group median $1.00/oz AgEq ($59/oz AuEq), but a 47% discount to our 16-company silver developer peer group median US$2.45/oz AgEq ($144/oz AuEq) – where USL is headed soon.

17 Mar 2026 intraday ASX

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