Rubicon wraps up 2017 exploration program at Phoenix
Rubicon Minerals (TSX: RMX; US-OTC: RBYCF) drilled 28,500 metres at its Phoenix gold project in Red Lake in 2017. Highlights from the most recent batch of assay results include a…
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TSX dips slightly, Dec. 11-15
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates 0.25% — its third rate increase this year. The central bank said it expects three more interest rate increases in 2018. Spot gold…
Pan American Silver confirms ‘minor’ tailings spill at Huaron in Peru
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAA; NASDAQ: PAAS) has confirmed that a small tailings spill at its Huaron underground mine in central Peru, first reported in the local press, occurred earlier…
Friedland-backed Clean TeQ Holdings debuts on TSX
Clean TeQ Holdings (TSX: CLQ; ASX: CLQ), which owns the Sunrise project in Australia, one of the highest-grade and largest nickel-cobalt deposits outside of Africa and one of the highest-grade…
Eastmain advances in James Bay
Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) put the underexplored James Bay gold district of northern Quebec on the map as a highly prospective new gold camp in 2014, when it poured…
Lithium demand to triple by 2025, CRU expects
Regulations in China that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fully electric vehicles must make up 8% of all new vehicle production in the Asian juggernaut in 2018, rising to 10%…
Roskill’s Jack Bedder peers into cobalt crystal ball
Cobalt has more than doubled in price from US$14.75 per lb. in late December 2016 to over US$30 per lb., making it one of the top performing metals this year….
Scotiabank’s Rory Johnston assesses base metal outlook
Rory Johnston is a commodity economist covering energy, metals and agriculture markets in Scotiabank’s economics department. He is the author of the “Scotiabank Commodity Price Index,” a monthly report that…
Renaud Adams invests in Radisson Mining
Veteran miner Renaud Adams, who recently sold Richmont Mines to Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) in a deal valued at about US$770 million, is investing in Radisson Mining Resources…
TSX Venture logs slight decline, Nov. 27-Dec. 1
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index slipped 0.63% to a 789-point close. Gold touched US$1,300 per oz. before finishing at US$1,279.60 per ounce. LME inventories for copper, zinc and nickel were…
US markets move higher, Nov. 27 to Dec. 1
The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its largest weekly gain since December 2016, buoyed by optimistic expectations that U.S. lawmakers were making progress on tax-cut legislation. The Dow climbed 2.9%…
Jeffrey Christian on bitcoin and ‘runaway’ gold price
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management, consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the company in 1986, spinning off…