Semafo hits new gold zone in Niger
Taking a look at the old data has lead to a new discovery for Semafo (SMF-T).
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Silver Predator’s Taylor project doesn’t disappoint
Results from the first fourteen of twenty-five drill holes from its 2012 exploration program at its flagship Taylor project in Nevada sent shares of Silver Predator (SPD-T) up 35% to 25¢ a share on 7,300 shares traded.
Banks Island looks at Red Mountain’s short-term potential
VANCOUVER — Banks Island Gold (BOZ-V) has set out the financial potential of the Red Mountain project in northern British Columbia that it recently optioned into.
Venture down in June 11-15 period
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 41.91 points after four days of losses outweighed one day of gains in the June 11-15 period, ending at 1,251.02 points. Volume was also down for most of the period, but a spike…
TSX falls on weak economic data
While the TSX Composite Index was down 68 points to 11,524.90 for the June 11 to 15 period it could have been much worse.
U.S. markets move higher, June 11-15
U.S. factory output contracted in May for the second time in three months and consumer prices fell 0.3 percent, but news late in the week that major central banks were prepared to take collective action to provide liquidity and prevent a credit…
SMI can’t touch the copper-gold pie at Tampakan
On the Philippine island of Mindanao, advancement of the Tampakan project — encompassing one of the planet’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits — remains in limbo following months of environmental opposition to a planned…
Cline Mining sues BC government for $500 million
Cline Mining (CMK-T) is suing the B.C. government for $500 million in compensation for the coal licences it lost when the government banned mining in the Flathead valley.The B.C. government made the surprise announcement in February 2010 that…
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US Markets
U.S. equities rallied late in the trading week as markets anticipated that Spain would ask eurozone deputy finance ministers for a bailout for its troubled banks, which it did over the weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P…
Centamin’s upgrades a ray of sunshine at Sukari
Shareholders of Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin (CEE-T) have gotten a welcome bit of good news with the the company releasing an upgraded open-pit plan for its flagship Sukari gold mine in southeastern Egypt, some 700 km south of Cairo near…