Toronto Stock Exchange, Sept. 9-13
The S&P/TSX Composite Index sank 131.24 points during the trading week to finish the period at 12,723.40, as concerns over the U.S. Federal Reserve’s tapering stimulus lingered.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Commentary: Ned Goodman and the ‘Botox Economy’
Ned Goodman, president and CEO of Dundee Corp., spoke about the perils of quantitative easing at the Toronto Resource Investment Conference on Sept. 12. He made the following remarks, as recorded by The Northern Miner:
TSX Venture Exchange, Sept. 9-13
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost ground during the trading period, with a decline in commodity futures fuelling the fall. During the week the Venture dropped 1.4%, or 13.42 points, en route to a 941.50-point close, as U.S….
Colt gets positive PEA for Tabuaco tungsten project
VANCOUVER — A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) says the tungsten mine that Colt Resources (TSXV: GTP) is planning at its Tabuaco project in northern Portugal works on paper. It’s a vote of confidence for Colt to expand the…
Denison Mines tops Mega’s offer for Rockgate
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) has tabled a superior all-share bid for Rockgate Capital (TSX: RGT), a week before Rockgate shareholders are set to vote on a merger with Mega Uranium (TSX: MGA), claiming…
Roxgold releases positive PEA
A preliminary economic assessment of the 55 zone at Roxgold’s (TSX: ROG; US-OTC: ROGFF) Yaramoko exploration permit in Burkina Faso, 200 km southwest of the capital city of Ouagadougou, demonstrates an after-tax internal rate of return of…
Investors can take advantage of QE-related price distortions, says Sprott’s David Franklin
In a presentation at the Toronto Resource Investment Conference Sept. 12, David Franklin of Sprott Asset Management said that after a tough first half of the year “we have turned the corner” and that investors can take advantage of…
Denison’s summer exploration results on the Athabasca
VANCOUVER — It’s been an action-packed first half of the year for Toronto-based Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) and its portfolio of uranium projects throughout Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin. After picking up a 60% stake in the…
Strong economics for the Agata DSO project
Mindoro Resources (TSXV: MIO; ASX: MDO) and TVI Pacific (TSX: TVI) have something to be happy about after a feasibility study on their Agata nickel-laterite project in the Philippines returned encouraging results for a high-iron laterite direct…
Mandalay grows Costerfield
Investors looking for lower cost, high grade producers were given another reason to turn to Mandalay Resources (TSX: MND) as the company’s Costerfield mine in Australia continues to grow.
Peru approves Sulliden Gold’s EIA
Nearly nine months after Sulliden Gold (TSX: SUE; US-OTC: SDDDF) submitted an environmental impact assessment of its Shahuindo gold project in Peru, the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has given the green light to the proposed…
U.S. markets, Sept. 3-6
Jobs data in the U.S. showing that employers hired fewer workers than expected in August and that fewer Americans were looking for work raised hopes that the Federal Reserve would not trim its massive stimulus program when it meets on Sept. 17,…