Richard Schodde, managing director of MinEx Consulting, investigated the investments and returns on exploration dollars spent in Canada, and presented his findings at this year’s Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in…
Ontario has a strong mining sector, a positive reputation as a mining jurisdiction and heaps of mining sector expertise.
In 2005, Southern Arc Minerals (TSXV: SA) became the first Canadian junior exploration company to return to Indonesia after the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The junior acquired two key projects: the West Lombok property on Southwest Lombok…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index followed energy markets downward, losing 4.88 points en route to a 517.13-point close. Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate rose 0.1% to 7.1% in November, while the Canadian merchandise…
Canada’s main stock index closed lower, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index slipping 0.8% to 13,324.67. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 2.4% to 348.96. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index, however, gained…
Comments by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about a stronger U.S. economy and the risks of delaying an interest rate hike, combined with lower-than-expected stimulus from the European Central Bank, and a mass shooting in southern California…
Included as a magazine in our latest issue is our newest research report entitled New Frontiers in Mining Finance, which analyses the results of a Northern Miner reader survey of attitudes towards alternative mining financing, culminating in a…
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/15 (with changes from Nov. 15/15).
Moscow-headquartered Nordgold (LSE: NORD) counts itself as one of the best performing, lowest-cost gold producers in the industry today, and yet, curiously, few North Americans know anything about it.
VANCOUVER — Things might be a little tense at Fission Uranium’s (TSXV: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) annual general meeting (AGM) due to a proxy battle launched by a retail shareholder looking to replace its board of directors. A…
The last couple of months have seen deep rounds of layoffs in the mining industry, as companies worldwide struggle to cope with low commodity prices, a resurgent U.S. dollar and thin financings.
VANCOUVER — There’s been a rising tide of proxy contest activity in Canadian markets since 2008, and advisory firm Kingsdale Shareholder Services is cautioning companies that higher shareholder activism represents a “new…
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