Fund sells down Endeavour stake
London-based La Mancha Resource Capital is reducing its stake in West Africa-focused gold producer Endeavour Mining (LSE, TSX: EDV) after its shares nearly tripled in value in a year. The…
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Founders Metals boosts land holding, drilling
Founders Metals, (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) one of the most advanced gold explorers in Suriname, heads into the new year backed by Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) and with more exploration planned at its Antino project on a land package that has almost tripled…
Spotlight: Gold players around the world – Part 2
With gold prices at record highs, it’s never been a better time to explore and develop gold projects. Here’s a look at four more exciting companies and their projects to watch. Osisko Development Osisko Development (TSXV, NYSE: ODV) is focused on…
Spotlight: Gold players around the world
With gold prices at record highs, it’s never been a better time to explore and develop gold projects. Here’s a look at four exciting companies to watch. Amex Exploration In September Amex Exploration (TSXV: AMX; US-OTC: AMXEF) announced a new two-stage development strategy for…
Venezuelan neglect scars mining potential: analysts
Venezuela has significant mineral resources including gold reserves rivalling Peru and Brazil and large dormant projects the government seized more than a decade ago as companies and investors size up…
Revival logs shallow gold at Utah’s Mercur project
Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) said recent drilling at its past-producing Mercur project in Utah shows the presence of near-surface gold in an area targeted for potential heap leach development….
Banks remain bullish on gold above $4,500
After delivering its best annual performance since 1979, gold is drawing fresh bullish calls from major banks as conditions line up for fresh record highs. In a note published on…
Mineral, metal prices to edge higher: Fitch’s BMI
Most mineral and metal prices are expected to increase slightly this year as robust demand and tighter supply combine with declining tariff uncertainties, according to BMI, a unit of Fitch…
London Symposium JV video: Generation Mining closes in on Marathon financing
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; OTCQB: GENMF) is closing in on a financing package to build its permitted $992 million (US$703 million) Marathon palladium-copper project in northwestern Ontario, chairman Kerry Knoll…
Gold jumps after Venezuela president captured
Gold advanced nearly 3% on heightened geopolitical tensions following the capture of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro by United States special operations forces. Spot gold hit a one-week high of $4,455.42…
London Symposium video: Gold at $4,200? Panel still sees room to run
Gold’s rise above $4,000 (C$5,500) per oz. hasn’t ended the bull market, industry doyens told the recent International Metals Symposium in London, arguing the metal is being lifted by doubts…
NorthWest Copper finds shallow copper, gold in B.C.
NorthWest Copper (TSX-V: NWST) says drilling at its main Kwanika project in British Columbia yielded near-surface copper and gold in two different zones. Hole K-25-287 cut 47.5 metres grading 1.22%…