Site Visit: Persistence pays off for INV Metals at Loma Larga
CUENCA, ECUADOR — Richard Spencer likes to think that there is a fine line between tenacity and stupidity in the exploration business.
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Commentary: The Paris Agreement is a historic climate deal
Why should you care? The outcome of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference is of great interest to anybody in the energy, industrial and environmental sectors, as the international community has finally reached an agreement showing global intention…
US stocks post slim gains, Dec. 4-10
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.6% to finish the trading period at 17,574.75, while the S&P 500 Index inched up 0.1% to 2,052.23, and the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index rose 0.4% to 47.37.
Nordgold raises stake in Northquest
As Canadian mining companies look inward, licking their wounds from the prolonged rout in commodity markets, a Russian gold producer with nine operating mines and heaps of cash has exercised warrants above market price to take a majority stake…
Editorial: ‘Tis the season for dividend cuts
As we all know, mining is a cyclical business, and by all appearances we are into the stage of the commodities cycle where many of the biggest, highest-quality major mining companies, especially base metal miners, are trimming and even…
Pilot rediscovers a Carlin-style gold trend in Utah
It’s not every day that a junior exploration company takes a step outside the well-trodden Carlin and Cortez districts of Nevada to look for Carlin-style gold deposits, but Pilot Gold (TSX: PLG; US-OTC: PLGTF) is proving to be the…
TSX Venture drops 2.5%, Dec. 4-10
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 2.5%, or 12.85 points, to close at 504.28 points, weakened by collapsing oil prices and a sinking loonie.
Champion Iron buys Bloom Lake for $10.5M
Champion Iron (TSX: CIA; ASX: CIA) is taking advantage of the commodities crash to snatch the shuttered Bloom Lake iron ore mine in the Labrador Trough for a fraction of its previous purchase price.
Major miners fuel a rising demand for streaming deals
VANCOUVER — As traditional forms of equity and debt finance become harder to obtain for mining companies, there’s been a rise in stream agreements, which offer miners access to cash for a percent of future by-product metal…
Uranium prices poised to rebound, analyst says
After some false starts in past years, an uptick in uranium prices may truly be around the corner, and this time analysts are more confident any rise will reflect a balance between demand and supply.
Scotiabank’s Pat Mohr on metal prices, China demand
Extremely challenging market conditions will persist for some time, but the resource sector can look forward to supply-side tightness in the medium-term, along with better metal prices, Pat Mohr, a vice-president and economics and commodity…
West Kirkland mulls options after landing Three Hills permit
VANCOUVER — West Kirkland Mining (TSXV: WKM; US-OTC: WKLDF) has come a long way over the past year at its Three Hills and Hasbrouck gold deposits in Nevada. And with a preliminary construction permit now in hand, it is ready to assess its…