US markets down, March 18-22: Vale, Wheaton Precious Metals and Franco-Nevada
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.34% to finish the trading week at 25,502.32, and the S&P 500 Index lost 0.77% to end the week at 2,800.71. Spot gold rose…
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TSX Venture rises, March 18-22: Macarthur, Luminex and Mirasol
Shares of Macarthur Minerals rose 100% to 10¢. The company signed a life-of-mine offtake agreement to sell Glencore International iron ore that could be produced from Macarthur’s Lake Giles iron…
Kinross takes 9.7% stake in Wolfden
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has acquired 12.5 million shares of Wolfden Resources (TSXV: WLF) at 20¢ each for $2.5 million, resulting in a 9.7% stake in the junior…
Sandspring rethinks Toroparu in Guyana
Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) is putting the finishing touches on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Toroparu gold project in Guyana that rescopes the project’s prefeasibility study…
Toachi advances La Plata project in Ecuador
Toachi Mining (TSXV: TIM) is trenching its Guatuza gold-copper target at its La Plata volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Ecuador. It plans to drill Guatuza in the second half…
Turquoise Hill income surges in 2018
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) reported 2018 income of US$394.3 million — a 255.4% jump over 2017’s US$110.9 million — driven by an increase in gold production and…
Salazar Resources set to dust off neglected portfolio
After riding out a decade of political and market instability, Ecuador-focused junior Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) has emerged with funds and a new focus to explore its portfolio of early-stage…
CIBC upgrades Imperial Metals with Newcrest investment in Red Chris
Imperial Metals ’ (TSX: III) deal with Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) to sell a 70% stake in its Red Chris mine in British Columbia averts a “liquidity crunch” for the…
Newcrest to buy 70% of Red Chris for US$807M
Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) says there is potential to transform Imperial Metals’ (TSX: III) Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwestern British Columbia into a tier-one operation, and is spending US$806.5…
Seabridge updates resource for Iron Cap in BC
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) has tabled an updated resource estimate for its Iron Cap gold-copper porphyry project in British Columbia that increases the project’s indicated resource by 460,000…
Hudbay receives final permit for Rosemont construction
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) has received the last key permit it needs to start building its Rosemont mine in Arizona. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a…
TSX Venture falls, March 4-8: Maverix Metals, Aurania, Novo
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.13% to 618.08 in the first week of March, after a strong close to February. Shares of Maverix Metals rose 36¢ to $2.69. The…