Metals, mining and money markets
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TSX Venture trades relatively flat, Oct. 20-24
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite was unable to turn early-week momentum into sustained gains during the Oct. 20-24 trading sessions, as it lost 4.68 points en route to a 805.45 point weekly close, despite two promising days…
Editorial: Hunts’ silver play the stuff of legend
Few individuals have lived lives large enough to be immediately associated with a particular commodity. Think oil and J.D. Rockefeller; steel and Andrew Carnegie; and diamonds and the Oppenheimer family. For silver, it’s the Hunt brothers…
U.S. equities end the week higher, Oct. 20-24
Better-than-expected corporate earnings and easing concerns about the Ebola epidemic despite news of the first case of the disease diagnosed in New York City drove U.S. equities higher during the trading week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Source chases district-scale skarn at Las Minas
VANCOUVER — Roughly 270 km east of Mexico City in the state of Veracruz, junior Source Exploration (TSXV: SOP) is thinking big. Earlier this year the company expanded a discovery at its property package in the historic Las Minas…
Commentary: As graphite prices stumble, more is needed for new operations to succeed
The latest China monthly graphite export data support the idea of some graphite price stabilization. Natural graphite prices trending lower would bolster their competitiveness against synthetic graphite and accelerate demand.
TSX advances, Oct. 20-24
The S&P/TSX Composite Index ended the trading week in positive territory, jumping 316 points to 14,543.82, but the gold and diversified miners didn’t follow the upward trend. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index dipped 3 points to…
Podcast: Rick Rule – Platinum and palladium “in real short supply”
Sprott US Holdings CEO Rick Rule shares his view on commodities, his investment strategy, and the junior exploration sector.
Gold Reserve wins US$740M in ‘stunning victory’ against Venezuela
It’s taken six years and over US$20 million in legal costs, but Gold Reserve (TSX: GRZ; US-OTC: GDRZF) has won US$740.3 million in compensation for the expropriation of its Brisas gold project by the Venezuelan government. It’s one…
Iron ore price collapse claims more victims
Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) and London Mining (US-OTC: LIIGF; LSE: LOND) have become the latest casualties of falling iron ore prices, with Cliffs warning that it expects to record a US$6-billion non-cash impairment charge in the third…
Puma on the prowl near historic Brunswick mine
Shares of Puma Exploration (TSXV: PUM; US-OTC: PUXPF) traded higher after the junior announced it has acquired a 6.5 sq. km property with a newly discovered volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) zone just 6 km north of the No. 12 orebody at…
Commentary: Plan Nord 2.0 and the creation of Socit du Plan Nord
On Sept. 30, 2014, the Quebec government, through its Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Minister responsible for the Northern Plan, Pierre Arcand, tabled Bill 11, entitled the Act respecting the Société du Plan Nord.