U.S. stock markets were in positive territory for the fifth week in a row, buoyed by unexpectedly strong jobs data showing that employers added 204,000 non-farm jobs in October, and better-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) growth….
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index slid during the trading week, down 17.92 points, or 1.8% to 937.41, despite strong jobs data.
A few weeks ago Patricia Mohr, Scotiabank’s vice-president of economics and a commodity market specialist, participated in a panel discussion in Vancouver organized by the British Columbia Securities Commission. The subject was financing…
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Shares of Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; AMEX: GSS) have gained some shine after the miner posted a third-quarter earnings beat followed by a resource update at its Wassa gold mine in Ghana.
Nemaska Lithium’s (TSXV: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) Whabouchi deposit has always had the grade, but now it’s looking to marry nature’s gift with a patented extraction process that could offer a market advantage.
The Pretium saga brings to mind the old joke about the ever-optimistic geologist seeing that the glass is half full, while the mining engineer sees only that the glass should be reduced in size by 50%.
Even the Russians are feeling the bite of a bitter gold market. The country’s biggest gold producer Polyus Gold (LSE: POLG; US-OTC: OPYGY) reported that revenues were off 9% for the quarter, compared to the same period last year.
VANCOUVER — In September the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal by the Yukon government of a case that had caused a stir across the industry. The case involved a 2011 ruling by the Yukon Supreme Court, pursuant to a claim by the…
Suncor Energy (TSX: SU; NYSE: SU) and its partners Total E&P Canada Ltd. (a subsidiary of Paris-based Total (NYSE: TOT) and Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK) are proceeding with the Fort Hills oilsands mine project in Alberta’s…
MINTO LANDING, YUKON — When the Minto mine started up in 2007 it was an open-pit copper-gold-silver operation with a projected four-year mine life and a 1,600-tonne-per-day throughput. But Sherwood Copper knew the potential at Minto was…
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