Goldeye rises on golden Weebigee results
VANCOUVER — Good gold results from a 22-hole program at the Weebigee project in Ontario have doubled Goldeye Explorations’ (TSXV: GGY; US-OTC: GEYEF) share price since the start of the year.
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Continental Gold strikes a deal with artisanal miners at Buritica in Colombia
After close to a year of negotiating, Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) is formalizing artisanal mining in and around its Buritica gold project in northwestern Colombia, and expects to execute subcontracts with small-scale miners there…
The Russian effect: First nickel, now palladium
First it was nickel prices and now it’s palladium. Another metal with a silver hue, albeit a more precious one, has been on a run with sanctions against Russia again being seen as the culprit.
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Gabriel to fire 400 employees in Romania
Gabriel Resources (TSX: GBU; US-OTC: GBRRF) is set to reduce its workforce by 80%, or 400 employees, at its Rosia Montana gold–silver project in Romania if the new government makes no clear move to advance the project.
Franco-Nevada’s Harquail: Short-term investment focus has to go
David Harquail, president and CEO of gold royalty company Franco-Nevada, first came to the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention when he was a kid in the sixties. His job was to transport rye and scotch from his…
Global uncertainty weighs on TSX, March 10-14
China’s first corporate bond default and fears of a slowdown in the Chinese economy and concern over the crisis in the Ukraine ahead of a referendum in Crimea combined to send the S&P/TSX Composite Index down 0.50% to 14,227.66 and…
TSX Venture loses ground, March 10-14
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost 9.35 points during weekly trading en route to a 1,033.64-point close. Reports out of China indicated growth rates across industrial sectors had dropped to multi-year lows, while markets also…
COO Burns on Goldcorp’s cost-cutting drive
VANCOUVER — In a climate of lower gold prices and rising costs, gold producers have been focusing on improving operations at established mines, and Vancouver-based Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is no exception. The company’s…
U.S. markets falter while gold rises, March 10-14
Investors turned jittery over the period, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 388 points to 16,065.67, the S&P 500 Index shedding 36 points to 1,841.13 and the Nasdaq Composite Index 87 points lower to 4,245.40.
Sweden, Finland, Alberta, atop Fraser Institute rankings
VANCOUVER — Canadian non-profit research group the Fraser Institute has released its annual Survey of Mining Companies, which gauges the geographic investment temperature by polling 690 exploration, development and other mining-related…