Yamana revisits plans to divest Brio Gold portfolio
VANCOUVER — Last year Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) floated the idea that it could divest a number of “non-core” South American assets to optimize its operating portfolio, lower…
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Editorial: Deutsche Bank to pay US$38M for silver price manipulation
The silver market saw a little bit of history being made on Oct. 17, with German megabank Deutsche Bank filing papers in Manhattan Federal Court agreeing to pay $38 million…
Mariana Resources acquires first African project
Mariana Resources (TSX: MRY) is on the verge of releasing a preliminary economic assessment of its Hot Maden joint-venture gold-copper project in Turkey and gearing up for a mid-year field…
US stocks slip, Oct. 10-14
U.S. equities ended in the red overall, as investors focused on third-quarter earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6% to 18,138.38, while the S&P 500 Index lost nearly 1%…
Noront sheds light on Ring of Fire’s untapped potential
VANCOUVER — The greenstone belt that hosts the nickel-copper-platinum group metal (PGM) and chromite deposits in northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire camp, 540 km northeast of Thunder Bay, is unique…
TSX Venture edges down, Oct. 10-14
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index saw its third straight week of declines, falling 7.78 points to a 773.02-point close, as the market prepares for an interest rate hike in December….
Taranis seeks growth at Thor
VANCOUVER — Taranis Resources (TSXV: TRO; US-OTC: TNREF) is blazing a new path at its Thor polymetallic deposit, 8 km northeast of Trout Lake in southeastern B.C., ever since backing…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 34: Simon Moores interview re. lithium; Ivanhoe’s Kamoa
Matt hits the road to report on-site from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s lithium-ion supply chain seminar. We sit down to with Benchmark’s managing director Simon Moores to talk supply-demand fundamentals in the lithium…
Site visit: Prosper Gold duo eyes another win at Ashley
TIMMINS, ONT. — Prosper Gold’s (TSXV: PGX) management aims to repeat the success it had at Richfield Ventures’ Blackwater gold project in B.C. at Prosper’s new Ashley gold project near Timmins,…
TSX posts marginal gain, Oct. 10-14
Canada’s benchmark index finished 0.1% higher at 14,584.99. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 2.9% to 59.67 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index slid 0.6% to 205.98. New York spot…
Junior markets show ‘signs of life,’ PwC reports
VANCOUVER — According to PwC’s annual junior mining report — entitled Signs of life — it’s generally been a better year for companies listed on The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. Market…
Dynacor fires up Chala mill in Peru
Peru’s new president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, has said he will implement policies that favour investment in the mining sector and also plans to enhance and streamline the formalization process for…