Montreal-based explorer Colt Resources (GTP-V) tumbled to a 52-week low after announcing it received two experimental mining licences that allowed it to advance its tungsten and gold exploration projects in Portugal. It likely wasn’t the…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index advanced during the trading week, adding 15 points to end at 12,701.63, while the other indexes didn’t fare as well.
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 3.5%, or 40.97 points, during the trading period before closing out the week at 1,144.68, while declining commodity prices put downward pressure on Canadian markets.
The S&P 500’s seven-week winning streak ground to a halt, with the benchmark index falling 0.1% to 1,515.60. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% higher to finish at 14,000.57, and the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index lost…
Analysts across the board are forecasting rising uranium oxide prices in 2013, underpinned by China’s drive to build a pile of new nuclear reactors. The effort is well underway with 29 units already under construction, but China is not…
VANCOUVER — As its future hangs in the balance, Canadian base metals producer Inmet Mining (IMN-T) increased its value with a global resource update on Feb. 11, which was highlighted by a 22% jump in proven-and-probable copper reserves.
Antofagasta Gold (AN-V), which recently changed its name from Windamere Ventures, says initial drilling at its Capricornio property in Chile confirms it has made a regional-scale, low-sulphidation epithermal gold discovery.
PANGUNA, BOUGAINVILLE — After more than 20 years in limbo, the small Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville is closer than ever to reopening the infamous Panguna mine.
VANCOUVER — A busy 12 months for Toronto-based explorer Energizer Resources (EGZ-T) culminated on Feb. 26 with the release of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its Molo graphite deposit, 145 km southeast of the city of Toliara in…
VANCOUVER — Copper isn’t turning out to be the growth avenue Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) hoped it would be.
SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO — Cylindrical brick stacks poking out of the barren hillsides can be seen from miles away. But curiously, they don’t attach at the base to any grand warehouse or factory.
Osisko Mining (OSK-T) foresees better days ahead at its flagship 100%-owned Canadian Malartic gold mine in the town of Malartic, west of Val-d’Or, Que.
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