The S&P/TSX Venture Composite dropped 1.57 points en route to a 995.90-point weekly close. Markets continue to monitor the Russia–Ukraine crisis even as the eurozone economies released underwhelming economic data. Commodity futures…
It was a good week for U.S. equities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 109 points to 16,662.91, while the broader S&P 500 Index jumped 23 points to 1,955.06. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index added 94 points to 4,464.93.
It was another week of major developments in the fast-moving story of Imperial Metals and the massive, 15-million-tonne tailings and waste-water breach at its Mount Polley copper–gold mine in central B.C.’s Cariboo region.
VANCOUVER — Since pioneering the stream financing model nearly a decade ago, Randy Smallwood and his team at Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) have turned it into a multi-billion dollar business. It’s been around two years since…
VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) hit mineralization in every one of the first 14 holes of its mid-year drill program at Patterson Lake South (PLS), continuing a drilling success story that has delineated shallow,…
Shares of Aquila Resources (TSX: AQA; US-OTC: AQARF) rose 15% after the Toronto-based firm published an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its gold- and zinc-rich Back Forty project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
There have been several developments in the days since Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) reported a disastrous tailings spill at its Mount Polley gold–copper mine, near the town of Likely, B.C., which sent nearly 15 million…
Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) will start building its US$1.4-billion Tia Maria copper mine in Peru before the end of 2014, after having secured approval of the project’s environmental-impact assessment in early August. Production is…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite lost ground during the shortened trading sessions, dropping 3.16 points en route to a 997.47-point close. Investors seemed to favour safe-haven instruments like gold and government bonds. Statistics Canada…
VANCOUVER — In the six months since it acquired the Tanlouka gold project in Burkina Faso, West African Resources (TSXV: WAF) has drilled 124 holes, updated the resource, tested Mankanga’s metallurgy and shown that a US$44-million…
Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-MKT: TGD) has reported a second-quarter profit of US$3.2 million, or US2¢ per share, which is double the amount earned a year ago, but below the consensus estimate of US4¢ per share.
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