Mergers and acquisitions are heating up in the mining-friendly province of Ontario with Iamgold’s (IMG-T) acquisition in June of Trelawney Mining and Exploration and the proposed friendly takeover of Queenston Mining (QMI-T) by Osisko…
One year after BHP Billiton (BHP-BLT-L) announced it was looking at selling its diamond business, the company has found a buyer in Harry Winston Diamonds (HW-T, HWD-T).
It’s not easy these days for chief executives and their boards to strike a balance between shareholders who scream for growth and those who demand consistent free cash flow and higher dividends.
VANCOUVER —Vancouver-based streaming company Silver Wheaton (SWL-T, SWL-N) was ready to focus on record quarterly silver equivalent production, but it was a drop in sales volumes and subsequent rollback in dividend payments that…
VANCOUVER — In what is becoming an increasingly frosty situation,Canadian-based companies Inmet Mining (IMN-T) and Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T) continue to squabble over a potential take-over bid that would see the larger Inmet absorb its…
Precious metals producer SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, SVLC-X) has expanded its bought financing to $30 million from $26 million, and will use the proceeds to eliminate the remainder of its gold hedge book and beef up its working capital.
Over the last eighteen months Mark O’Dea, president and chief executive officer of Blue Gold Mining (BGX-V), has kicked the tires of over 100 projects and companies in his quest to find something that would appeal to shareholders.
Argonaut Gold has decided that now is the time to start bolstering its pipeline through acquisitions.
Gold miner B2Gold (BTO-T) looks to be banking on its proven ability to operate in difficult locales, as it moves forward with a US$1.1-billion, all-stock friendly bid for Australia’s CGA Mining (CGA-T, CGX-A), and its Masbate gold mine in…
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based gold miner B2Gold (BTO-T) looks to be banking on its proven ability to operate successfully in difficult locales, as it moves forward with an US$1.1-billion, all-stock friendly bid for Australia’s CGA…
VANCOUVER — For Mining Association of Canada (MAC) president and CEO Pierre Gratton, the future of the nation’s mining industry lies in clear-cut regulatory reform and the cultivation of global free trade arrangements geared…
Just two weeks after the board of Australian junior Exco Resources (ESX-A) rejected a hostile all-cash takeover offer from one of its institutional shareholders, the explorer released an updated resource estimate for its Turpentine copper-gold…
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