Silver Wheaton a top pick for Salman Partners
Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has been upgraded to Salman Partners analyst Ash Guglani’s top-picks list due to its attractive production and growth profile.
Gold
Ross Beaty and Zebra Holdings buy into Kaminak
Shares of Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) surged nearly 33% to $1.05 after the company announced that Ross Beaty and Zebra Holdings (the trust of the late Adolf H. Lundin) are to become significant shareholders.
Endeavour Mining bounces back in 2014
VANCOUVER — After posting a big-time loss in 2013, West Africa-focused gold producer Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) pledged for a comeback, and based on the company’s performance over the first half of…
Barrick CEO Sokalsky stepping down
Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) president and CEO Jamie Sokalsky will be leaving his post in September, as part of a management shakeup whereby the major gold producer is axing its CEO role and naming two executives as…
Panoro could get snapped up, Laurentian says
Panoro Minerals (TSXV: PML; US-OTC: POROF) has completed a $5.8-million equity financing of 13.8 million shares at 42¢ underwritten by Laurentian Bank Securities and National Bank Financial. The money will help further exploration work at…
Editorial: Barrick goes CEO-less, doubles down on presidents
Three months after Peter Munk’s retirement from Barrick Gold, we’re already getting a look at the post-Munk Barrick, and the picture is volatile and a little strange.
US stocks drop, July 7-11
The S&P 500 Index dropped 18 points to 1,967.57, marking its worst week since April, as European economic uncertainty continued. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 124 points to 16,943.81, while the Nasdaq Composite Index gave back 70…
Cerro Grande cuts costs at Pimenton
At the end of January, the Toronto Stock Exchange launched a delisting review of Cerro Grande Mining (TSX: CEG; US-OTC: CEGMF) to determine whether the junior could keep a $2-million market value for 30 straight trading days.
Cayden three for three at El Barqueo
Cayden Resources (TSXV: CYD; US-OTC: CDKNF) keeps hitting gold at its El Barqueno project in Jalisco state, Mexico, coming up with its third discovery at the project in July.
Cerro Quema shines for Pershimco in Panama
A newly tabled prefeasibility study of Pershimco Resources’ (TSXV: PRO; US-OTC: RSPRF) Cerro Quema gold project in southern Panama outlines a low-cost, open-pit operation generating 78,500 oz. gold a year over five years, with production…
Merrex Gold and Iamgold report ‘game-changing’ discovery at Siribaya
What was until recently characterized as “a strong gold geochemical anomaly” at the Siribaya gold project in Mali is now “a significant new gold discovery with multiple zones of gold mineralization,” according to…
Primero gets to work on Black Fox underground
VANCOUVER — After snapping up Brigus Gold and its Black Fox mine for $220 million in late 2013, Primero Mining (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) pledged it would turn operations around and realize the project’s dormant underground potential….