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Commentary: Flow-through donations may be safety net for junior explorers
It’s no secret that tight equity markets are hurting junior mining and other resource exploration firms in Canada, as they struggle to find a vein of capital to keep their operations running and their valuations from leaching away.
Commentary: How to succeed at community relations
It’s no secret that a successful community relations strategy can pay off for miners looking to forge and maintain good relationships with host communities. Miners’ efforts are much improved in this respect, but expectations have…
Pent-up demand may spur M&A activity: expert
Kevin Thomson is a senior partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg and one of Canada’s leading mergers and acquisitions lawyers. He has acted for bidders and target companies in a large number of solicited and unsolicited takeover…
Scotia’s Mohr sees a ‘middling’ year ahead
While 2011 was a “spectacular year” for base metals and featured a big rally in gold to an all-time nominal high over US$1,920 per oz., 2012, in contrast, has seen commodity prices sink.
Silver price outlook for 2013
It is my view at SilverPriceAdvisor.com that the outlook for silver prices in 2013 is simply higher. I say “simply higher” because the trend for silver prices in 2013 will be higher as the year moves on. More importantly, I say…
Editorial: First Quantum goes hostile with Inmet
The surprise $4.9-billion hostile bid by First Quantum Minerals for Inmet Mining in the last week of November sent minor shockwaves around the base metals world.
Commentary: Miners could save billions on capital projects
The following is a condensed version of a summary by Accenture of its latest research into capital spending.
Deloitte urges focus and discipline
In its annual report on mining trends, financial consulting firm Deloitte has a message for industry players: don’t sacrifice future growth in the name of short-term capital savings. Deloitte further runs down its picks as the top-10…
Mining the Canadian markets
With nearly 1,650 companies listed, mining is one of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s most important sectors. The TSX and the TSX Venture Exchange are home to more than half of the world’s public mining companies, as Canada continues to…
Editorial: DRC on the edge
As we go to press, rebel fighters from the M23 group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have pushed past Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, to the town of Sake, 20 km west, and claim they plan to march to Kinshasa, the…
Miners optimistic at AEMQ convention
The Quebec Mineral Exploration Association, or AEMQ, wrapped up its annual mineral exploration convention at the historic Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City on an optimisitic note.