Stars to realign for Largo in Brazil
Largo Resources (TSXV: LGO; US-OTC: LGORF) is keeping its 2015 guidance at the Maracas Menchen vanadium mine in Bahia, Brazil, despite the slower-than-expected ramp up.
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Silver Wheaton circles the wagons against CRA challenge
VANCOUVER — The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has taken the first shot in what is likely to become a protracted legal battle with streaming outfit Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW), and the results could affect the…
Editorial: No silver bullet for cybercrime
At the end of June, Detour Gold reported that its IT systems had been subject to an “illegal breach” that resulted in confidential information being “accessed and disclosed by hackers.” The stolen information included…
Commentary: What’s the best way to value mineral exploration properties?
Sensible valuation of mineral properties has become more critical through the current low phase of the market cycle. Valuation of mineral properties at the exploration stage is an area where both valuators and users of valuations need to…
Tasman’s Norra Karr on top of Europe’s wish list
VANCOUVER — The global rare earth element supply crisis in 2010 served as a “wake-up call” to businesses and governments, and future supply “poses supply security concerns,” according to a recent study commissioned…
BC government sets mandate for Mount Polley start-up
VANCOUVER — Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) has been given the green light to temporarily resume operations at Mount Polley, 56 km northwest of Williams Lake, B.C., provided the company meets a number of…
Rio Tinto cuts emissions, boosts production at Kitimat
VANCOUVER — Mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has produced the first aluminum cast from its 60-year-old Kitimat smelter in B.C. since its extensive, US$4.8-billion upgrade.
Commentary: Finding the hidden silver: Asset tracing and recovery in mining disputes
The eponymous hero of Joseph Conrad’s novel Nostromo is an “incorruptible” Italian entrusted by the English owner of a silver mine with safeguarding its riches. The setting is the fictional South American country of Costaguana, where all…
Capstone gets positive EIA, mulls new plan at Santo Domingo
With iron ore prices down by 31% in the last year, Capstone Mining (TSX: CS) is contemplating a different development plan for its 70%-owned Santo Domingo copper-iron project in Chile.
Aston CEO outlines potential at Storm copper project
Despite an uphill battle in raising funds, Aston Bay Holdings’ (TSXV: BAY) founder and CEO Benjamin Cox remains upbeat on the copper potential at the junior’s Aston Bay property in Somerset Island, Nunavut.
TSX drops, July 6-10
Canada’s benchmark index tumbled 1.9% to 14,411.07 after a weak jobs report, the continuing debt crisis in Greece and a slump in China’s stock market. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 5.5% to 630.99,…
Abitibi Royalties inks three deals in 30 days
Within a month of launching an online platform that junior mining companies and prospectors can use to pitch their properties to Abitibi Royalties (TSXV: RZZ; US-OTC: ATBYF), CEO Ian Ball says the company has received 41 submissions…