The S&P/TSX Composite rose 150.96 points during the week to end at 14,205.72. The spot price for gold rose US$7 per oz. to $1,326.10, pushing up the gold miners. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index added 4.03 points to 204.82, while the…
VANCOUVER — Despite tough times, it seems the mining sector recognizes a valuable charity when it sees one.
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) saw its fourth-quarter earnings diminish after several of its exploration projects and operations took impairment charges partly due to the decline in metal prices.
Like many metal-market observers, John Kaiser of Kaiser Research Online sees opportunity in zinc.
Augusta Resource’s (TSX: AZC; NYSE-MKT: AZC) board calls the unsolicited takeover offer by Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) “grossly opportunistic” and “lowballed,” and urges shareholders to reject the…
VANCOUVER — When it comes to major discoveries over the past few years there are few that stand out in regards to grade and tonnage potential like Reservoir Minerals’ (TSXV: RMC; US-OTC: RVRLF) Timok copper porphyry in eastern…
Economic indicators in the U.S. were mixed, with the dollar falling at the start of the week to its lowest level since January and data mid-week showing housing starts in January posted their largest drop in three years, while U.S. factory…
VANCOUVER — Roughly three years ago junior Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM; NYSE-MKT: PLG) made its Waterberg discovery on the North Limb of South Africa’s prolific Bushveld complex, and the company has had the project on the fast…
The past months have brought many changes to the taxation of the mining industry in Canada. These new measures generally have the effect of tightening access to certain tax incentives specific to the mining sector, both at the federal and…
VANCOUVER — For founder Michael Scherb and his team at London-based Appian Capital, lagging capital markets and falling project valuations in the mining sector present a unique opportunity.
While it hasn’t been green pastures for any of the major gold producers over the last year, perhaps none have had it as rough as Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC).
KIRUNA, SWEDEN — Eurasian Minerals (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-MKT: EMXX) is a prospect generator. The company takes its prime assets — deep geological expertise and skill navigating difficult socio-political settings — to…
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