Canada’s benchmark index posts small gain, Oct. 15-19
Despite a strong U.S. dollar, the price of gold increased for the third consecutive week, finishing at US$1,226.50 per ounce, up 0.74%, while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 1.85%…
Copper
BHP boosts stake in SolGold
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL; LON: BLT) is raising its stake in SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LON: SOLG) from 6.1% to 11.18% and the US$50.2 million in proceeds will help the junior…
Nevada Copper suggests open pit at Pumpkin Hollow
Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU; US-OTC: NEVDF) has tabled a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) suggesting an open pit mine at its Pumpkin Hollow copper project in Nevada, where the company…
Capstone-Pembridge deal on Minto collapses, mining to be suspended
U.K.-based Pembridge Resources (LON: PERE) has been unable to secure funds to complete its acquisition of Capstone Mining‘s (TSX: CS) Minto copper-gold-silver mine in Yukon under an agreement first forged…
TSX posts mixed results, Oct. 1-5
Canada’s benchmark index fell 0.9% to 15,946.17 and the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.39% to 65.54. Gold performed better, however, as the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2% to…
TSX Venture inches lower, Oct. 1-5
Shares of Aurania Resources rose 53¢ to $2.76. The company recently found the first significant instances of copper mineralization at its Lost Cities–Cutucu project in Ecuador. Two regional exploration teams…
Metallic finds more veins at Keno and McKay Hill districts
Metallic Minerals (TSXV: MMG; US-OTC: MMNGF) is wrapping up its $2.5-million summer work program in the Yukon. The company fanned out across both its Keno silver district and McKay silver-lead-zinc…
Raymond James adjusts forecasts as uranium outperforms zinc, copper in Q3
Analysts at Raymond James are lowering their forecasts for zinc and copper prices. For the fourth quarter, the analysts have changed their zinc price forecast to US$1.20 per lb. from…
MAG Silver extends underground infrastructure at Juanicipio
BEAVER CREEK, COLORADO — Development is well underway at MAG Silver’s (TSX: MAG; NYSE-AM: MAG) 44%-owned underground Juanicipio silver mine in the Fresnillo district of Zacatecas, Mexico, where it aims…
Americas Silver and Pershing Gold to merge
Americas Silver (TSX: USA; NYSE-AM: USAS), a producer with mines in the U.S. and Mexico, is merging with Pershing Gold (TSX: PGLC; NASDAQ: PGLC) in an all-share deal. Pershing’s primary…
Ero Copper finds zone near Vermelhos mine
Since listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange in October 2017, shares of Ero Copper (TSX: ERO; US-OTC: ERRPF) have soared from their initial public offering price of $4.75 to $12.30….
Ivanhoe discovers new copper deposit in DRC
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has discovered a third major copper deposit called Makoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo on its 100%-owned Western Foreland copper property, west of…