Azure finds silver deposit on top of a hill in Mexico
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — When Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS) picked up an option on the Alacran project in Mexico’s northern Sonora state, 12 km south of Grupo Mexico’s Cananea copper…
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Nighthawk says Colomac a Kalgoorlie lookalike
Michael Byron, the president and CEO of Nighthawk Gold (TSXV: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) didn’t know a heck of a lot about the Indin Lake area of Canada’s Northwest Territories when…
JDS Silver’s Silvertip project nears production in BC
In its first investment in a Canadian mining company, private equity firm Denham Capital is giving JDS Silver US$65 million to complete construction of Silvertip, a silver-lead-zinc mine in northern…
Tom Kaplan and Ross Beaty on luck and conservation
At the recent Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colorado, Robert (Bob) Quartermain, the chairman and CEO of Pretium Resources, moderated a discussion with his long-time friends Tom Kaplan, chairman…
US markets move marginally higher, Sept. 26-30
The U.S. Conference Board reported that consumer confidence increased in September for a second straight month and is now at its highest level since the recession. The Dow Jones Industrial…
Companies need to take a ‘granular’ view of Mexico
A report by the Eurasia Group says the government of Mexico will remain ineffective in its fight against crime. The political risk analysis and consulting group notes that homicides in…
TSX gains on US Federal Reserve decision, Sept. 19-23
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady sent Canada’s benchmark index up 1.7% to 14,697.93 and the gold price up 2.1% to US$1,337.10 per ounce. The S&P/TSX…
Osisko calls Windfall a ‘company maker’
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) says it will hang “for sale” signs on most of its properties — except for its wholly owned Windfall project in Quebec,…
US equities edge higher, Sept. 12-16
U.S. markets remained buoyant despite uncertainty ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve meetings scheduled for Sept. 20–21. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% to 18,123.80 and the S&P 500…
Ross Beaty and Thomas Kaplan discuss Argentina, Macri
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Founder and chairman of Pan American Silver (TSX: PAA; NASDAQ: PAAS) Ross Beaty recently met with Mauricio Macri, the president of Argentina, and discussed the prospects of the…
Canada’s benchmark index down sharply, Sept. 6-9
Stock and commodity markets came under pressure after comments by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and Eric Rosengren, the president of the Boston Federal Reserve. Draghi disappointed markets by…
New Gold redesigns tailings facility, raises capex
With tailings dam disasters at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley mine in B.C., and the Samarco mine jointly owned by BHP Billiton and Vale in Brazil, the integrity of tailings management…