TSX Venture rises, July 25-29
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index jumped 26.2 points, or 3.4%, to a 796.17-point close, while spot gold prices gained US$28.55, or 2.2%, to US$1,351.28 per oz. gold. Comex copper edged…
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TSX stays flat, July 25–29
The S&P/TSX Composite Index stayed relatively flat at 14,582.74. The benchmark index increased 3.7% in July, marking its best month since March. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index…
Downie’s Premier Gold to buy Mercedes in Mexico for US$140M
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has offered to buy Yamana Gold’s (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) Mercedes mine in Mexico’s Sonora state for US$140 million, in a move that…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Gold is ‘back in style’ amid economic, political uncertainty, GFMS says
The following is an edited commentary by Thomson Reuters as it publishes its “GFMS Gold Survey: Q2 2016 Review and Outlook”, which is available for download at https://forms.thomsonreuters.com/gfms/. The first…
Gold majors deliver Q2 results
Many companies published their second-quarter earnings on July 27, including gold miners Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX), Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG)…
Yukon Premier supports mines
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — Lining the quartz-gravel roads of Yukon’s Dawson City, the commercial hub of the legendary Klondike placer goldfields, are a number of derelict buildings that once gave…
Maritime offers streaming royalty to investors
Maritime Resources (TSXV: MAE) has gotten inventive with its financings to help advance its 100%-held Green Bay gold property in Newfoundland and Labrador. The junior has offered a streaming royalty as…
Treasury Metals to acquire Goldeye
Treasury Metals (TSX: TML) and Goldeye Explorations (TSXV: GGY) are planning to combine forces in an all-share deal that would give Treasury another significant gold project in northern Ontario. Treasury…
Anaconda touts high-grade upside at Pine Cove
Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX) counts itself as the only pure-play gold producer in Atlantic Canada, and has increased its property control in the region about eighteenfold since 2012. Its Pine…
TSX Venture posts gains, July 18-22
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index edged up 3.61 points, or 0.5%, to a 769.97-point close. Spot gold prices declined for the second week in a row, falling US$14.72, or 1.1%,…
US markets rise, July 18–22
U.S. equities continued higher, helped by encouraging U.S. economic data and better-than-expected corporate earnings. The S&P 500 Index rose 0.6% to a 2,175.03 high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced…
TSX moves lower, July 18-22
A state of emergency imposed in Turkey following a failed military coup, an attack at a shopping mall in Germany that left nine people dead, and the week-long Republican National…