US markets finish higher, Oct. 2-6
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in the last 12 months, average hourly earnings increased by 74¢ or 2.9%. The jobs data raised expectations of a rate hike…
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Alio Gold to make construction decision on Ana Paula in Q2 2018
Since Mexican regulator SEMARNAT approved Ana Paula’s environmental impact assessment in April, Alio Gold (TSX: ALO; NYSE-AM: ALO) has continued to take big strides in de-risking the relatively high-grade, open-pit…
Site visit: New Age Metals finds high grade
SUDBURY, ONTARIO – The optics are rarely very good when a major pulls out of a joint-venture project with a junior company. In the case of River Valley in northwestern…
CPM’s Jeffrey Christian on platinum-palladium price reversal
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…
Paulson & Co. aim to stop ‘serial value destruction’
An analysis of 13 of the largest publicly listed gold companies shows that total shareholder returns have been “dreadful” since 2010 and management must be made accountable, Marcelo Kim, a…
B2Gold’s Fekola on brink of commercial production this year
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) says it has started processing ore at its Fekola gold mine in southwestern Mali, and will reach commercial production before year-end. The mid-tier miner already…
Tahoe gets licence back, blockade remains at Escobal
Guatemala’s Supreme Court may have reinstated the Escobal mining licence of Tahoe Resources’ (TSX: THO; NYSE: THO) subsidiary, but the company can’t restart operations at the silver mine until a…
US markets post marginal increase, Sept. 18-22
The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 0.37% to 22,349.59 and the S&P 500 Index rose 0.08% to 2,502.22. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index fell 2.63% to 86.06, as…
Balmoral discovers more gold at Martiniere
Since drilling its first holes into the overburden that covers most of its Martiniere property in Quebec, Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has delineated three gold-bearing deposits along a…
Quebec’s Orbit Garant drills most since 2012
After a lengthy downturn across the industry, Orbit Garant Drilling (TSX: OGD) drilled more metres in fiscal 2017 than during any other year since the peak of the last cycle…
Eldorado withdraws threat to suspend investment in Greece
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) will “temporarily postpone” a decision it made earlier this month to suspend its investments in Greece on Sept. 22 due to permitting delays and…
Tahoe’s licence for Escobal reinstated, but blockade remains
Guatemala’s Supreme Court may have reinstated the mining licence for Escobal held by Tahoe Resources’ (TSX: THO; NYSE: THO) subsidiary, but the company has been unable to resolve a blockade…