TSX slips, Nov. 20-26
Canadian equities ended the trading week in the red. The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.4% to 13,425.19. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index lost 2.2% to finish at 45.12, and the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index…
Gold
Kirkland Lake Gold, St Andrew Goldfields join forces
The friendly combination of Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) and St Andrew Goldfields (TSX: SAS; US-OTC: STADF) will create an intermediate gold producer with four mines and two mills in the Timmins and Kirkland Lake gold camps in…
Site Visit: Kaminak on track to build next Yukon gold mine
DAWSON CITY, YUKON — If there was a betting pool on which junior mining companies will bring Canadian assets into production over the next five years, Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) would be one of the favourites. Despite…
US stocks rise, Nov. 13-19
U.S. equities gained after the Federal Reserve signalled a possible December rate hike at its last policy meeting, suggesting the U.S. economy is getting stronger. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.6% to finish at 17,448.07, the S&P…
Lydian streamlines Amulsar plans to ease capital burden
Lydian International (TSX: LYD; US-OTC: LYDIF) knows it has to adjust expectations at its wholly owned Amulsar gold project in south-central Armenia if it wants to secure development funding under current market conditions. To that end, the…
Editorial: Corporate chaos ensnarls Minera IRL
With Minera IRL shareholders only two days away from possibly voting out the company’s entire board of directors, the saga of the ill-fated, Lima-based junior gold miner is a reminder of just how quickly things can turn sour working in a…
Iamgold lowers costs, but analysts remain cautious
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) had a messy third quarter — widening its adjusted loss on the back of lower gold sales — but it has cut its operating costs, leaving analysts questioning if the company’s focus on cash…
Oban Mining to pick up Northern Gold
Northern Gold Mining (TSXV: NGM) is the fourth junior this year to sign a business combination agreement with Oban Mining (TSX: OBM), joining Eagle Hill, Ryan Gold and Corona Gold, which consolidated their properties in Ontario and Quebec under…
Kinross’s scaled-down expansion plan at Tasiast
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is working on a two-phase, alternative expansion plan at its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania to turn the asset into a profitable operation.
Gold Standard Ventures makes oxide discovery
Geologists at Gold Standard Ventures (TSXV: GSV; NYSE-MKT: GSV) could be on the brink of another major discovery in the Carlin trend.
Dynacor finds porphyry at Tumipampa in Peru
Dynacor Gold Mines (TSX: DNG; US-OTC: DNGDF) has discovered a 1.7 km long copper porphyry at its Tumipampa project in the Peruvian Andes that it says could be one of the feeder systems for the gold and copper it has found on the property, 500…
Timmins Gold to close San Francisco mine next year
Timmins Gold (TSX: TMM; NYSE-MKT: TGD) is now planning to suspend mining in mid-2016 at its only operating asset — the San Francisco heap-leach gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state — moving up the date from 2022 in response to…