U.S. equities posted a strong week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above the 14,000 mark for the first time since October 2007, up 0.82% to 1,4009.79, and the S&P 500 Index finishing above 15,000 points for the second time in…
In the same issue we chronicle the earliest days of Franco-Nevada, the first significant precious metals royalty firm in Canada, we also cover a news item that shows that the precious metals-streaming business has also reached the big leagues…
Four new inductees boasting outstanding achievements in the diverse fields of diamonds, gold, uranium and copper joined the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in the twenty-fifth annual ceremony in Toronto on Jan. 10, 2013.
Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) has rejected Alamos Gold’s (AGI-T) hostile bid, calling it “financially inadequate and opportunistic.”
VANCOUVER — To kick off a conference highlighting exploration and mining in B.C., the Yukon and Alaska, the first morning at Roundup 2013 was dedicated to an overview of all things geological in the three regions. And while the details…
VANCOUVER — A main thrust for the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) and its annual Mineral Exploration Roundup is continued support for public geoscience.
Atacama Pacific Gold (ATM-V) has bright prospects for its Cerro Maricunga gold project in Chile following the release of a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA), which was welcomed by analysts. The project is in Region III, 140 km by…
Just two weeks after the Pueblo Viejo gold mine in the Dominican Republic entered commercial production in mid-January, joint-venture partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) and Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) face a potential squeezeplay from the government.
VANCOUVER – For the last few years, the Palmer project in Alaska almost had it all: a high-grade polymetallic deposit with thick, continuous zones that could be mined using short lateral drifts to deposit ore beside a highway running to a…
Last June Klondex Mines (KDX-T) replaced its board with a new slate of directors and in September hired Paul Huet as its chief executive, a mine engineer and expert in narrow vein gold mining best known for building and permitting Great Basin…
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index closed out the Jan. 28 – Feb. 1 trading period up slightly at 1,228.66 points, which equated to a 0.12% or 1.42 point gain for the week. Markets rallied on stronger-than-expect U.S. job…
U.S. equities posted another strong trading week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above the 14,000 mark for the first time since October 2007 (up 0.82% to 1,4009.79) and the S&P finishing above the 15,000-point level for…
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