The S&P/TSX Composite Index beat back the summer doldrums with a 274-point gain, rising to 12,462.18 for the period. The positive momentum came largely on the back of gains in the commodity sector, as oil and metal prices climbed higher.
VANCOUVER — Shareholders of Vancouver-based silver producer Aurcana (TSXV: AUN; US-OTC: AUNFF) received some good news at the end of June, as the company released details of a terms sheet from U.K.-based metal merchant RK Mine Finance…
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index jumped 1.6%, or 14.15 points, en route to an 898.42-point weekly close. Markets were driven near monthly highs following comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, while commodity prices…
Big Oil roared back into the headlines in Canada and across the world, once again showing how, compared to mining, the oil industry is in a league all its own when it comes to societal impacts.
The devastation in the junior mining sector is likely to spur some mergers and acquisitions, with larger companies that still have healthy balance sheets going hunting for acquisitions. (See main article: “How to fish for profits in…
Mercator Minerals (TSX: ML; US-OTC: MLKKF) has updated the resource and reserve estimate for its Mineral Park copper-molybdenum mine in Arizona, noting that while reserves have decreased, the open-pit operation still has a promising life ahead.
Canadian Zinc (TSX: CZN) is progressing down the road to production at its Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver mine in the Northwest Territories.
VANCOUVER — Drilling at Banks Island Gold’s (TSXV: BOZ) Yellow Giant high-grade gold project in coastal B.C. is hitting gold along strike and beneath known mineralization, creating potential for a larger resource just as the company…
VANCOUVER — It seems there is still much gold to be found at the South Houndé project in Burkina Faso, where initial drilling at a new target has returned shallow, high-grade gold for Sarama Resources (TSXV: SWA).
Oceanic Iron Ore (TSXV: FEO; US-OTC: FEOVF) may be a junior trying to develop a costly iron ore project in remote northern Quebec during hard financial times, but over the last year management has come closer to tying up a deal with a potential…
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, July 9, 2013 Precious MetalsPrice…
VANCOUVER — Every batch of drill results from the Romero gold discovery at GoldQuest Mining’s (TSXV: GQC) Las Tres Palmas project in the Dominican Republic adds to a growing list of impressive intercepts. The latest batch was no…
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