TSX falls while gold rises, March 19-23
Canada’s benchmark index moved lower and gold moved higher after the U.S. said it would impose US$50-billion worth of tariffs on Chinese exports, and China retaliated with import taxes on…
Articles by Trish Saywell
Greenstone takes 30% stake in gold miner Serabi
Private equity group Greenstone Resources is investing US$15 million for a 29.82% stake in Serabi Gold (TSX: SBI; LON: SRB), a junior with two operating gold mines in Brazil. The…
New Age Metals updates resource
A new resource for the River Valley palladium project brings New Age Metals (TSXV: NAM; US-OTC: PAWEF) one step closer to its goal of building a series of open pits…
Alio Gold to acquire Rye Patch in all-share deal
In an effort to diversify geopolitical risk and transform itself from a single-asset producer, Mexico-focused Alio Gold (TSX: ALO; NYSE: ALO) is buying Rye Patch Gold (TSXV: RPM; US-OTC: RPMGF)…
Hecla to acquire Klondex for US$462M
Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) is acquiring Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX) and its Fire Creek, Midas and Hollister mines in Nevada — three of the highest-grade gold mines in the U.S.,…
Superior Gold expands Plutonic
In its first year as a public company and gold producer, Superior Gold (TSXV: SGI) churned out 82,019 oz. of the precious metal from its Plutonic mine in Western Australia,…
First Cobalt to acquire US Cobalt and its Iron Creek project in Idaho
The proposed acquisition of a junior explorer with a cobalt project in Idaho will give Canada-focused First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) a footprint in the U.S. and burnish its…
US markets rise, March 5-9
U.S. markets moved higher as U.S. President Donald Trump accepted an invitation to meet with North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un, and signed into law tariffs on imports of steel (25%)…
Dynacor’s artisanal mining strategy pays dividends
Dynacor Gold Mines (TSX: DNG; US-OTC: DNGDF) is not your typical junior. The company buys ore from registered artisanal miners in Peru and processes it into doré at its Veta…
PDAC 2018: Bankers on lessons learned, exploration, finance trends
Strategic private placements, private equity and joint-venture partnerships are playing a bigger role in financing exploration and development projects in the mining sector, a group of Canadian bankers agreed during…
PDAC 2018: Ecuador mines minister hopes to eliminate windfall tax
Rebeca Illescas, Ecuador’s new minister of mines, says she hopes to persuade the government of President Lenin Moreno to abolish the windfall profits tax. “I’ve talked about this in Ecuador…
Adventus Zinc boosts resource at Curipamba
Since signing an earn-in agreement with Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) last September, Adventus Zinc (TSXV: ADZN) has updated the resource on its El Domo copper-gold-zinc deposit at the Curipamba project…